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'Born at the same time, died at the same time, will enter heaven at the same time': Twin baby brothers slaughtered 'by Russian bombs' just days before ceasefire in Syria
Lying lifeless on a hospital trolley, these twin baby brothers are apparently the latest, heart-breaking child victims of Syria's merciless civil war.
Just hours before, Omar and Ammar Kandush had been sitting in the home they shared with their mother, father and four older siblings preparing to eat breakfast
But as they lie motionless on the rusted trolley, the twins – reportedly killed in a Russian airstrike last week – are now a truly shocking symbol of 25,000 innocent children who have paid the ultimate price in this brutal conflict. The images were released by activists in Aleppo.
Innocent victims: Omar, left, and Ammar, right, were enjoying breakfast with their family in Aleppo when a Russian
bombing raid destroyed the home they shared with their mother, father and three brothers and sisters
Merciless: The twins, thought to be as young as five months old, were killed in the attack - their tiny bodies unable
to withstand the force of the bombs which reduced their home to rubble on Tuesday, February 16
Short lives: Both died still attached to the dummies which had been chosen for them - green for Omar, left, and
orange for Ammar, right. They are among some 200 children dying in the Russian raids on Aleppo every month
Ammar on the right is still dressed in the soft white socks, nappy, and a stripy baby-grow. An orange baby's dummy lies next him, his downy dark hair sticking up; He could almost be asleep.
Omar, to the left, is wearing lovingly hand-knitted red booties, his nappy covered by navy blue trousers. Like his brother, he has a dummy - this time green - attached to his sweater, the same one he was wearing when his proud parents took a picture of their youngest son not long before.
A bib is also tucked under his chin, a haunting reminder of the breakfast the family was enjoying when the bomb struck.
But a closer look reveals a wound on the back of his forehead and the back of his head, and the blood which had streamed from his nose - just some of the terrible injuries which combined to kill the infant.
It is impossible for western journalists to enter rebel-held territory of the war-torn town but MailOnline contacted the twins' surviving family through activists at the Aleppo media centre.
Syrian photographer Aref Al Aref, who said he took the heart-stopping picture of the dead twins lying side by side on the hospital trolley, said he had tracked down the family from the ruins of their home in Aleppo's Al Sakkor district to the relatives nearby who had given them shelter.
The twins father apparently told him how his family was decimated when a rocket hit the house as they were about to eat breakfast.
He said: 'I was out of the house. When I came back I said "Hi" to the kids and their mother and asked her to prepare the food.
'After about three minutes the house was targeted by an air raid. I didn't exactly know what to do.
'All of them were under the rubble. White helmets [rescuers] were informed about the attacked place, we were evacuated.’
The twin's father, mother and older brothers were found alive but the infants and their six-year-old sister were killed.
'Born at the same time, died at the same time, will enter heaven at the same time,' wrote an activist who posted the first picture of the dead babies on to the internet.
'Martyrs from the Al Sakkor neighbourhood in a Russian raid this afternoon.'
Later photographer Aref told MailOnline of his own anguish when he learned the dead boys whose picture he had taken were twins.
He said: ‘I was shocked when the father of the boys in my photo told me they were twins.’
The photographs cannot be independently verified although MailOnline has made every effort to do so.
Happy family: The twins' sister Fatima was also killed in the bombing. She was just six (pictured left)\
Omar and Ammar were not the only ones who died last Tuesday, February 16, when their home in the Al Sakkor district of the rebel-held city was destroyed by a Russian bombing raid - one of 2,000 launched on the city and surrounding countryside this month.
The twins, thought to be as young as five months old, lost their lives alongside their six-year-old sister Fatima - a smiling, curly-haired little girl who cuddled up to her beloved baby brothers in pictures taken before the raid.
Destruction: The family's home (pictured after it was destroyed) was in the rebel-held city of Aleppo, a target for
the government-backed Russian missiles
Survivors: The children's three older brothers survived the raid. Pictured: Twins Mohamad and Ahmad, 10
- Omar and Ammar - thought to be as young as five months old - were 'killed on February 16 as they ate breakfast' in their home in rebel-held Aleppo
- Twins apparently died beside sister Fatima, six, in Al Sakkor district raid
- Three older brothers all pulled alive from the rubble of the family home
- Twins and their sister among some25,000 children killed in five-year war
- In January alone activists found 220 children dead after strikes on Aleppo
- But there's hope among the hell as orphans are pulled alive from the rubble
- Syrian President Assad denies Russians responsible for civilian casualties
- Warring factions have agreed to ceasefire to begin at midnight on Friday
Lying lifeless on a hospital trolley, these twin baby brothers are apparently the latest, heart-breaking child victims of Syria's merciless civil war.
Just hours before, Omar and Ammar Kandush had been sitting in the home they shared with their mother, father and four older siblings preparing to eat breakfast
But as they lie motionless on the rusted trolley, the twins – reportedly killed in a Russian airstrike last week – are now a truly shocking symbol of 25,000 innocent children who have paid the ultimate price in this brutal conflict. The images were released by activists in Aleppo.
Innocent victims: Omar, left, and Ammar, right, were enjoying breakfast with their family in Aleppo when a Russian
bombing raid destroyed the home they shared with their mother, father and three brothers and sisters
Merciless: The twins, thought to be as young as five months old, were killed in the attack - their tiny bodies unable
to withstand the force of the bombs which reduced their home to rubble on Tuesday, February 16
Short lives: Both died still attached to the dummies which had been chosen for them - green for Omar, left, and
orange for Ammar, right. They are among some 200 children dying in the Russian raids on Aleppo every month
Ammar on the right is still dressed in the soft white socks, nappy, and a stripy baby-grow. An orange baby's dummy lies next him, his downy dark hair sticking up; He could almost be asleep.
Omar, to the left, is wearing lovingly hand-knitted red booties, his nappy covered by navy blue trousers. Like his brother, he has a dummy - this time green - attached to his sweater, the same one he was wearing when his proud parents took a picture of their youngest son not long before.
A bib is also tucked under his chin, a haunting reminder of the breakfast the family was enjoying when the bomb struck.
But a closer look reveals a wound on the back of his forehead and the back of his head, and the blood which had streamed from his nose - just some of the terrible injuries which combined to kill the infant.
It is impossible for western journalists to enter rebel-held territory of the war-torn town but MailOnline contacted the twins' surviving family through activists at the Aleppo media centre.
Syrian photographer Aref Al Aref, who said he took the heart-stopping picture of the dead twins lying side by side on the hospital trolley, said he had tracked down the family from the ruins of their home in Aleppo's Al Sakkor district to the relatives nearby who had given them shelter.
The twins father apparently told him how his family was decimated when a rocket hit the house as they were about to eat breakfast.
He said: 'I was out of the house. When I came back I said "Hi" to the kids and their mother and asked her to prepare the food.
'After about three minutes the house was targeted by an air raid. I didn't exactly know what to do.
'All of them were under the rubble. White helmets [rescuers] were informed about the attacked place, we were evacuated.’
The twin's father, mother and older brothers were found alive but the infants and their six-year-old sister were killed.
'Born at the same time, died at the same time, will enter heaven at the same time,' wrote an activist who posted the first picture of the dead babies on to the internet.
'Martyrs from the Al Sakkor neighbourhood in a Russian raid this afternoon.'
Later photographer Aref told MailOnline of his own anguish when he learned the dead boys whose picture he had taken were twins.
He said: ‘I was shocked when the father of the boys in my photo told me they were twins.’
The photographs cannot be independently verified although MailOnline has made every effort to do so.
Happy family: The twins' sister Fatima was also killed in the bombing. She was just six (pictured left)\
Omar and Ammar were not the only ones who died last Tuesday, February 16, when their home in the Al Sakkor district of the rebel-held city was destroyed by a Russian bombing raid - one of 2,000 launched on the city and surrounding countryside this month.
The twins, thought to be as young as five months old, lost their lives alongside their six-year-old sister Fatima - a smiling, curly-haired little girl who cuddled up to her beloved baby brothers in pictures taken before the raid.
Destruction: The family's home (pictured after it was destroyed) was in the rebel-held city of Aleppo, a target for
the government-backed Russian missiles
Survivors: The children's three older brothers survived the raid. Pictured: Twins Mohamad and Ahmad, 10
