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Una niña salvando a su hermanita y otra bajo los escombros de un bombardeo: la lacerante foto de Siria

La pequeña Riham falleció poco después de la desgarradora fotografía, mientras que la bebé Tuka y Dalia fueron hospitalizadas en Idlib.

An image grab taken from a video by Syrian news website SY24 on July 24, 2019 shows a Syrian man reacting as two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building in the Syrian town of Ariha in the northwestern province of Idlib. - Of the three girls shown in the photo, one is dead and two are fighting to stay alive, after regime airstrikes hit their home, said Dr Ismail, who treated the victims in a nearby hospital. Riham, 5, who appears in the photo gripping her sister's green shirt, died on Wednesday, the doctor said. Touka, the seven-months-old girl who is shown dangling in the air, is currently in intensive care, after suffering a trauma to the head, he added. Dalia, who also appears in the photograph, is stable after undergoing chest surgery, according to Mohamed, another doctor at the same facility. The girls are part of a family of eight, consisting of two parents and six sisters. (Photo by Bashar al-Sheikh / SY24 / AFP) / ===RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SY24"- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS FROM FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES, THEREFORE AFP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIGITAL ALTERATIONS TO THE PICTURE'S EDITORIAL CONTENT, DATE AND LOCATION WHICH CANNOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED == /
An image grab taken from a video by Syrian news website SY24 on July 24, 2019 shows a Syrian man reacting as two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building in the Syrian town of Ariha in the northwestern province of Idlib. - Of the three girls shown in the photo, one is dead and two are fighting to stay alive, after regime airstrikes hit their home, said Dr Ismail, who treated the victims in a nearby hospital. Riham, 5, who appears in the photo gripping her sister's green shirt, died on Wednesday, the doctor said. Touka, the seven-months-old girl who is shown dangling in the air, is currently in intensive care, after suffering a trauma to the head, he added. Dalia, who also appears in the photograph, is stable after undergoing chest surgery, according to Mohamed, another doctor at the same facility. The girls are part of a family of eight, consisting of two parents and six sisters. (Photo by Bashar al-Sheikh / SY24 / AFP) / ===RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SY24"- NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS FROM FROM ALTERNATIVE SOURCES, THEREFORE AFP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DIGITAL ALTERATIONS TO THE PICTURE'S EDITORIAL CONTENT, DATE AND LOCATION WHICH CANNOT BE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED == /

La foto aparece sin cesar en las redes sociales: dos niñas atrapadas en un inmueble derrumbado apenas logran sostener de la camiseta desgarrada a su hermana pequeña, que queda suspendida a varios metros del suelo, tras un bombardeo aéreo en el noroeste de Siria.

La instantánea muestra a Riham, de cinco años, sujetando de la camiseta desgarrada a Tuka, de siete meses, a punto de caer, mientras que Dalia, a su lado, parece estar atrapaba bajo un escombro de cemento.

Detrás de ellas, más arriba sobre los cascotes del edificio, un hombre grita y se lleva una mano a la cabeza, impotente ante el drama.

Capturada por el fotógrafo Bashar el Sheij, del medio local digital SY24, esta angustiosa escena tuvo lugar el miércoles en Ariha, ciudad de la provincia de Idlib y blanco de los bombardeos del régimen de Bashar al Asad, según el Observatorio Sirio de Derechos Humanos (OSDH).

La pequeña Riham falleció poco después de esta foto, mientras que la bebé Tuka y Dalia fueron hospitalizadas en Idlib.

Foto: AFP.

A Turkish-backed Syrian fighter is seen behind smoking tires and a hoop that was on fire, duringduring a military exercise near the rebel-held town of al-Rai in the north of Aleppo province along the border with Turkey, on July 24, 2019. (Photo by Nazeer AL-KHATIB / AFP)

"Tuka sufre un traumatismo craneoncefálico. Estuvo bajo respiración artificial durante 24 horas, ahora se encuentra en cuidados intensivos. Su estado es estable, si Dios quiere", indicó a la AFP el doctor Ismail.

Dalia, por su parte, “se encuentra en un estado estable”, después de haber sido operada de una herida en el pecho, según el doctor Mohamed, un médico del mismo hospital de Siria.

Tawfik Kattan, formaba parte de los socorristas de los cascos blancos que intervinieron el miércoles en Ariha después del ataque aéreo. Tras haber evacuado a una víctima, volvió rápidamente al lugar del drama.

Pero, "las dos niñas se habían caído" entretanto, cuenta a la AFP.

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters perform manoeuvres past tents with posters showing the flags of the Kurdish People's Protection Forces (YPG), during a military exercise near the rebel-held town of al-Rai in the north of Aleppo province along the border with Turkey, on July 24, 2019. (Photo by Nazeer AL-KHATIB / AFP)

Turkish-backed Syrian fighters perform manoeuvres past tents with posters showing the flags of the Kurdish People's Protection Forces (YPG), during a military exercise near the rebel-held town of al-Rai in the north of Aleppo province along the border with Turkey, on July 24, 2019. (Photo by Nazeer AL-KHATIB / AFP)

La madre de esta familia, compuesta de seis hermanas, murió en los bombardeos. Además de Riham, otra de sus hijas, Rowan, de tres años, sucumbió el viernes a sus heridas del vientre y el pecho.

Otras dos hermanas, que también resultaron heridas en Siria, sobrevivieron.

El régimen sirio, apoyado por su aliado ruso, lleva a cabo bombardeos casi diarios desde finales de abril en la provincia de Idlib, y en las zonas adyacentes en las provincias limítrofes de Alepo, Hama y Latakia.

En casi tres meses, los bombardeos aéreos mataron a unos 740 civiles, entre ellos más de 180 niños, según el OSDH.

Iniciada en 2011, la guerra en Siria causó más de 370.000 muertos y millones de desplazados.