The Twitter account of Bana al-Abed, the 7-year-old girl living in besieged Aleppo, Syria, is back online after disappearing Sunday following an alarming tweet.
“Under attack. Nowhere to go, every minute feels like death. Pray for us. Goodbye – Fatemah #Aleppo,” a message said Monday.
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On Sunday Bana’s mother said the army was closing in on them. Shortly after, the Twitter account went offline.
“We are sure the army is capturing us now. We will see each other another day dear world. Bye.-Fatemah #Aleppo,” read the post from Sunday.
The account’s sudden silence Sunday prompted the hashtag, #WhereIsBana.
J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, retweeted a number of tweets with the hashtag. Rowling had previously sent the girl Harry Potter e-books after learning she was a fan.
Bana’s Twitter feed provided an eye-opening look at what life is like in the war-torn city, and her posts went viral. The girl, in adorable sweaters and ponytails, detailed life with the sound of bombs from morning until night, and posted pictures of rubble marking the spot where her friend was killed.
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On Nov. 27 and 28, Bana and her mother announced that their home had been bombed, and the family was on the run. A photo of Bana covered in dust was posted online, with a blunt and terrifying account of the ordeal.
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“Tonight we have no house, it’s bombed & I got in rubble. I saw deaths and I almost died. – Bana #Aleppo.”
Last week, the family expressed fear they would be targeted by the army.
The family had received death threats, a tweet posted on Nov. 30 said: “We are convinced Syrian army will target us soon because of our accounts and messages.”
Bana had used her popularity on Twitter to draw attention to the civil war which is destroying Aleppo.
“I want to let the world know about our life here,” Fatemah told Global News in a direct message on Twitter in October.
“I want people to know that we are suffering here and [they] should stand up for us.”
Aleppo has became the epicenter of Syria’s civil war. Rebels first captured the eastern districts in the summer of 2012.
The city has been fiercely contested since then, and earlier this year government forces fully besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where nearly every hospital has been destroyed, and so many people have been killed that there are few places left to bury them.
With files from Nicole Bogart and the Associated Press
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