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Syrian girl surrenders to camera Nadia AbuShaban

Syrian girl surrenders to camera Nadia AbuShaban, The image, believed to have been taken in 2012 by photojournalist Osman Sağırlı, was recently tweeted by Palestinian Nadia Abu Shaban and has earned more than 12,000 retweets over the last week.

Her name is Hudea… She is only 4 years old. She lost her dad in the bombing of Hama. She took refuge at the Atme camp at the Turkish border with her mom and three siblings,” the caption reads.

The photo, which has captured the hearts of thousands of Twitter users, paints a heartbreaking image of the everyday situation faced by children caught up in Syria’s ongoing civil war.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that since March 2011, when the Syrian civil war began, about 10 million Syrians are displaced.