In Open Letter To Trump, ‘Twitter Girl’ Bana Asks For Help For Syrian Children

Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old girl whose tweets from Aleppo gave devasting insights into the Syrian war, has pleaded with new US President Donald Trump to “do something for the children in Syria” in an open letter, the media reported. Bana amassed hundreds of thousands of followers for her messages from war-torn Aleppo sent with the help of her mother, Fatemah. The family was evacuated to Turkey in December during the mass evacuations, and is now living in Turkey.

“You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you,” she said in the letter. Her mother said Bana wrote the letter days before Trump’s inauguration, because “she has seen Trump many times on the TV”. “I am part of the Syrian children who suffered from the Syrian war,” she wrote in the letter. The girl told Trump her school in Aleppo was destroyed by the bombing and some of her friends had died.

“Right now in Turkey, I can go out and enjoy. I can go to school although I didn’t yet. That is why peace is important for everyone including you.”  “However, millions of Syrian children are not like me right now and suffering in different parts of Syria,” she wrote. Bana also offered her friendship to Trump saying, “If you promise me you will do something for the children of Syria, I am already your new friend.” At least 15,000 children are among the more than 300,000 people who have been killed in Syria’s six-year war between President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and rebel forces.

It is not known if Trump has responded.

Bana Alabed's Letter To President Trump In Below Now.

Dear Donald Trump,

My name is Bana Alabed and I am a seven years old Syrian girl from Aleppo.I lived in Syria my whole life before I left from besieged East Aleppo on December last year. I am part of the Syrian children who suffered from the Syrian war.But right now, I am having a peace in my new home of Turkey. In Aleppo, I was in school but soon it was destroyed because of the bombing. Some of my friends died. I am very sad about them and wish they were with me because we would play together by right now. I couldn't play in Aleppo, it was the city of death.

Right now in Turkey, I can go out and enjoy. I can go to school although I didn't yet. That is why peace is important for everyone including you. However, millions of Syrian children are not like me right now and suffering in different parts of Syria. They are suffering because of adult people. I know you will be the president of America, so can you please save the children and people of Syria? You must do something for the children of Syria because they are like your children and deserve peace like you.

If you promise me you will do something for the children of Syria, I am already your new friend. I am looking forward to what you will do for the children of Syria.Turkey, where Bana and her family now live, supports the Syrian opposition. But President Trump's position is not yet clear.

The US president has repeatedly stressed his desire for a strong relationship with Russia, and endorsed Vladimir Putin - who supports Syria's President Assad. During the campaign, he spoke of ceasing aid to the rebels - but more recently, he has also spoken of the need for Syrian "safe zones", which would help rebel forces.

Bana's appeal to the new US president comes as Iran, Russia, and Turkey have jointly pledged to enforce a three-week ceasefire in Syria amid peace talks.But without agreement from Assad's government or rebel forces, it is not clear how long any agreement will hold.