He became the face of the sad state of affairs in the Middle East. Omran Daqneesh's picture was shared all over the world, becoming a symbol of the brutality of the Assad regime in Syria.
Omran was pictured covered in dirt and dust, sat in the back of an ambulance with his face bloodied. He had just been pulled from the rubble of his Aleppo home, which was destroyed in an air strike, making him just one of the hundreds of children caught in the firing line in the war-torn country. His brother, Ali, aged 10, died from injuries sustained in the blast.
But, now, footage has emerged of the five-year-old that shows him fit and healthy with his family. Sat on his father's knee, he cuts a different figure to the one in that horrifying image.
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His family were interviewed in Aleppo for Al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese television station supportive of the Assad regime.
Pro-regime journalist Kinana Allouche tweeted a picture of Omran with the caption: "The child Omran, those who tried to shed Syrian blood mislead the news that he was hit by the Syrian Arab Army.
"Here he now lives in the Syrian state with its army, its leader and its people."
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The family had previously refused to speak to media out of fear they may be targeted by supporters of the Assad regime.
This shocking image of Omran was originally shared in August 2016. Credit: PA
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The journalist, Allouche, caused outrage after sharing a photo on social media last year. The selfie pictured her in front of the bodies of dead rebel fighters.
The Syrian rebels, fighting against the Assad regime, recently suspended their peace talks until 'shelling stops across all Syria'.
The rebels were due to hold discussions with the Syrian government in Astana, Kazakhstan, with a plan for both sides to create safe zones.
A rebel source told AFP: "The rebel delegation is suspending the meetings because of the violent air strikes on civilians. The suspension will continue until shelling stops across all Syria."
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The meeting, which began and seemingly ended on Wednesday, was round four of talks which have been sponsored by regime supporters in Russia and Iran, and opposition backers in Turkey.
The horrific sights which have been seen across the country are made worse by images of innocent civilians injured in the fighting.
Dr Shajul Islam, who studied at London Medical School, was one of those helping to treat the latest victims of this bloody war.
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"When I entered, we really didn't have hospitals where we worked from," he told LADbible. "It was more that we were working in people's basements, in cars from backpacks, and we'd work under the protection of rebels. So we would have to move around with rebels and set up clinics in people's houses.
"I remember how doctors were being kidnapped and killed anywhere there was a medical facility. In early 2013, the Assad regime made it legal for the military to target any facility which was treating rebels; so that gave justification for the air force to directly target medical facilities."
However, thanks to doctors such as Shajul, there is hope in the recovery of young children like Omran.
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