At just 5 years old, Omran became the symbol for civilian suffering in a war older than he is. Today, the Bashar Assad regime has his family under lock and key, according to photojournalist and opposition activist Mahmoud Raslan, who snapped that haunting portrait of Omran. Expand / Contract Syrian activist and photographer, Mahmoud Raslan“I lost contact with the family of Omran when we were forced out of Aleppo last year. The photographer explained simply that the Syrian president’s regime does not want the family speaking out. I am fully prepared to sit in front of Bashar Assad and call out his lies,” he said.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2017 19:43 UTC