A five-year-old boy who became a symbol of the horror and tragedy in Syria when a haunting image of him with blood and dust covering his face shocked the world has been reunited with his parents after they were separated in an air strike.
Omran Daqneesh sat dazed and confused when he was loaded into an ambulance after being pulled from the rubble of his home in Aleppo which was decimated in an air strike.
A nurse who treated the brave boy said Omran did not shed a single a tear until he laid eyes on his mother and father who joined him at the hospital a short time after his arrival, the ABC reported.
Young Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh, aged five, was injured during air strikes in Aleppo
'He didn't say anything except to ask for his parents,' Abu Rajab from the Syrian American Medical Society said.
'Only then once Omran saw them did he start crying.'
Another nurse said the young boy - who was pulled from the rubble an hour after the strike - was in a 'daze' when he arrived at the hospital, known as M10.
'It was as if he was asleep. Not unconscious, but traumatized — lost,' said Mahmoud Abu Rajab according to the New York Post.
Doctors feared the boy may have suffered internal injuries when he was pinned under the the remains of building, which collapsed an hour after he was rescued.
But Omran's wounds were superficial and nurses were able to wrap up his head, bandage his eye and discharge him.
The five-year-old lives with his mother, father and three siblings - who all miraculously survived the harrowing strike.
Eight people, including five children, were not so lucky and perished in the air strike, the New York Post reported.
According to the ABC, the Daqneesh's refused to speak to the media out of fear they may be targeted by supporters of President Bashar al Assad's regime.
Shocking images of the devastation in Omran's neighbourhood - in the rebel-held eastern suburbs of Aleppo - after the air strike emerged, which paint a terrifying picture of what it would have been like being caught up in the deadly attack.
This neighbourhood in Aleppo was devastated in an air strike earlier this week
Alone: The whereabouts of the boy's parents is unknown
Footage shows him wiping his dusty forehead with his hand, before realising he is bleeding, and he rests his hands back in his lap
He is wearing a T-shirt with the popular cartoon character CatDog on it, barely visible through the blood and dust
Photos and video of the little boy went viral after being taken on Wednesday night, with people around the world expressing their horror at what is unfolding in Syria each day.
Footage shows him wiping his dusty forehead with his hand, before realising he is bleeding, and he rests his hands back in his lap.
Omran waits quietly as his rescuers leave the ambulance to save the lives of four other children, before taking them all to the hospital.
He was wearing a T-shirt with the popular cartoon character CatDog on it, barely visible through the blood and dust.
The neighbourhood where Omran Daqneesh lived with parents was reduced to rubble
Women and children walk across the site of the air strike in Aleppo earlier this week
Volunteers from Syria's Civil Defence group - known as the White Helmets - rescued the five-year-old along with three other children.
They were taken to the M10 hospital and Omran has since been discharged.
Thousands of people have reacted to the images online since they were released on Wednesday night, expressing their heartbreak over the boy's plight.
'My heart is broken', Dena wrote.
Omran and three other children were taken to the M10 hospital for treatment
A fighter in Aleppo fires a heavy machine gun that's resting on a metal battle
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army fire rockets at the regime's positions
The Aleppo elite forces battalion, one of them in bare feet, advancing towards the battle of Saif al-Dawla against the Syrian regime army in Aleppo
'Looking at the little Syrian boy's traumatised stare at the chaos, how do we end their torture? When does it stop?
'Still can't get over that video of the Syrian boy from #Aleppo', Absar posted.
'Our only marker of a successful life is how we leave it for the next generation.'
'Please, stop the war', Miru tweeted.
A civilian receives treatment after a rocket attack in the As Sukkari area of Aleppo
At least 25 people were killed and many more injured by a rocket attack in Aleppo
A young boy, covered in blood and dust, awaits treatment in Aleppo
A doctor sees to an injured young man in Aleppo after the rocket attack
This image shows how fighting has left medical facilities in a state of ruin in Aleppo
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