MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Sidra Zaarur lost both of her legs in a terrorist attack in Aleppo. The plane of the Russian Defense Ministry transported the girl and her mother from the Hmeimim air base in Syria’s Latakia province to Moscow on Wednesday.
Sidra lost her three-year-old nephew and her older sister in the April 16 attack.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, health specialists in Aleppo did everything possible to save the girl’s life, but the severe physical and psychological trauma she received after losing her legs in the explosion requires further complex treatment and rehabilitation.
Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with government forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad fighting numerous opposition factions and extremist groups.
A US-Russia-brokered ceasefire agreement came into force across Syria on February 27. The deal does not apply to terrorist groups such as Islamic State (IS, also known as Daesh) and Jabhat al-Nusra (Nusra Front), both of which are outlawed in Russia and a range of other states.
Russia has been bringing food, medicine and construction materials to besieged and hard-to-reach areas in Syria since the beginning of 2016.
