Lebanese prime minister stands with baby Karim

Saad Hariri posts photo on Twitter of himself covering his right eye to support orphan injured in Syrian regime attack

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun

ANKARA (AA) - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri became the latest figure to back the online campaign to show support for a 2-month-old baby wounded in a regime attack in Syria.

Karim Abdallah, lost his left eye last month in an air strike on the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta and has become a symbol of resistance to Bashar al-Assad's regime.

Hariri posted a photo of himself on Twitter covering an eye under the hashtag #SolidarityWithKarim.

Thousands of Eastern Ghouta residents have been killed or injured during the five-year siege of rebel-held Eastern Ghouta.

The blockade has left the district’s 400,000 residents struggling with malnutrition and has paralyzed local health care facilities.

Twitter users across the world have posted pictures with a hand over an eye to show their support.

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