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Syrian girl of Twitter fame meets Erdogan

Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of Aleppo in Syria, met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week at his palace in Ankara after her evacuation from the city.

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Seven-year-old Syrian girl takes to Twitter to depict life in Aleppo

Her hair tied into pigtails by matching pink ribbons, seven-year-old Bana Alabed inspects the rubble in her home town of Aleppo, before walking to face the camera.