Bana Alabed, Aleppo's tweeting girl, meets Turkey's president

December 21, 2016 19:08

Bana Alabed -- the seven-year-old Syrian who tweeted about life inside rebel-held east Aleppo -- has met Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Bana and her little brother have been pictured sitting on Erdogan's knee in the presidential complex in Ankara.

President Erdogan sent a special representative to Syria to collect Bana and her family after they fled east Aleppo, the BBC has been told.

Bana's plight came to light after she joined Twitter in September.

The account captured everything from the death of her friends to her attempts to live a normal life.

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