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Agence France-Presse

A baby boy who lost an eye in a Syrian regime air raid has arrived in Turkey, after his plight was highlighted by social media.
“Alhamdulillah (Praise be to God … baby Karim is safe now,” Kerem Kinik, head of the Turkish Red Crescent tweeted.
The child, who was just five weeks old when he was injured, will “survive on behalf of all innocent children of Syria” and “remind us that we have a conscience as humanity,” he added.
President Recep Erdogan personally greeted little Karim Abdallah, now six months old, and surviving members of his family after their arrival in the Turkish border province of Hatay.

President Erdoğan meets with baby Karim, who lost his mother and his one eye in Assad regime’s attack on eastern Ghouta, and his family. pic.twitter.com/Q3ptBLhU6r
— Turkish Presidency (@trpresidency) April 1, 2018

Karim lost his left eye in an air raid last October, in the opposition-held area of Eastern Ghouta, which also killed his mother.
The damage to his frontal lobe and left eye is likely to leave him suffering long-term effects, said the brain surgeon who treated him and who identified himself as Abu Jamil.
“The frontal lobe plays an essential role in a human being’s comprehension, intelligence, and memory,” said the 50-year-old doctor who added that it could be “treatable with behavioural and cognitive therapy and cosmetic surgery, but not in Ghouta”.
A final deal appeared to have been reached Sunday for fighters and civilians to leave the last opposition-held area of Eastern Ghouta, paving the way for Syria’s regime to retake all of the one-time rebel enclave near Damascus.
More than 45,000 rebels and their families have been evacuated from Eastern Gouta since March 22 to be relocated in Idlib, according to Syrian authorities.


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One-eyed Syrian baby whose plight set off viral campaign online arrives in Turkey

An October 29 government air strike on a rebel bastion near Damascus severely wounded Karim and killed his mother – and kicked off a worldwide support campaign

Syrian baby Karim Abdallah who lost his left eye and his mother in government shelling on the town of Hammouria. File photo: AFP

Blinded in one eye, baby Karim becomes a heartbreaking symbol of Syrian siege

A picture taken on December 4 shows Syrian baby Karim Abdallah who lost his left eye and his mother in government shelling on the town of Hammuriya. Photo: Agence France-Presse

A child poses covering one eye with his hand in the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region, on December 18, 2017, as part of a campaign in solidarity with a baby boy, Karim Abdallah, who lost an eye, as well as his mother, in government shelling on the nearby town of Hammouria. / AFP PHOTO / #SolidarityWithKarim campaign / Handout / STR / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / #SolidarityWithKarim campaign " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

TOPSHOT - A picture taken on December 4, 2017 shows Syrian baby Karim Abdallah who lost his left eye and his his mother in government shelling on the nearby town of Hammouria, in the rebel-held town of Beit Sawa, in the eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus. / AFP PHOTO / #SolidarityWithKarim campaign / Handout / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / #SolidarityWithKarim campaign " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

A man poses covering one eye with his hand in the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region, on December 18, 2017, as part of a campaign in solidarity with a baby boy, Karim Abdallah, who lost an eye, as well as his mother, in government shelling on the nearby town of Hammouria. / AFP PHOTO / #SolidarityWithKarim campaign / Handout / STR / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / #SolidarityWithKarim campaign " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===

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An October 29 government air strike on a rebel bastion near Damascus severely wounded Karim and killed his mother – and kicked off a worldwide support campaign


One-eyed Syrian baby whose plight set off viral campaign online arrives in Turkey

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}An October 29 government air strike on a rebel bastion near Damascus severely wounded Karim and killed his mother – and kicked off a worldwide support campaign

An October 29 government air strike on a rebel bastion near Damascus severely wounded Karim and killed his mother – and kicked off a worldwide support campaign