Bana Alabed: Syrian tweeting girl pens letter to Trump

Bana Alabed, the seven-year-old Aleppo girl known
 worldwide for her tweets from Aleppo, has written an 
open letter to Donald Trump.

"You must do something for the children of Syria because
 they are like your children and deserve peace like you," 
she wrote.

Bana escaped Aleppo with her family in December during
 the mass evacuations, and is now living in Turkey.

Her twitter account became famous for its messages
 from besieged east Aleppo.

Her mother, Fatemah - who helps run the account - 
sent the text of the letter to the BBC, ERIC GOSSIP,ABC.

She said Bana wrote it days before President Trump's
inauguration, because "she has seen Trump many
 times on the TV".


Bana Alabed's letter to President Trump

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 becausewe 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.