Meet Aylan & Omran: Child Victims Used for Syrian War Propaganda

Meet Aylan & Omran: Child Victims Used for Syrian War Propaganda

In September 2015, a young boy was found washed up on a beach in Turkey. Photos of Aylan Kurdi’s lifeless body were quickly splashed across mass media, much the same way that Omran Daqneesh’s photo inside an ambulance would also be disseminated. Accusations of responsibility were hurled at the Syrian government, and leaders from Western…