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- A 15-year-old boy named Muhammad Najem, who lives in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, is tweeting pictures and videos of his region under attack from Russian and Syrian airstrikes.
- His images and videos have not been independently verified, but activists on the ground have said that he is “legit.”
- Russian trolls have begun attacking him on social media.
15-year-old Muhammed Najem, who lives in the heavily bombarded area of Eastern Ghouta in Syria, first tweeted in early December 2017.
“I am Muhammed Najem I am fifteen years old I live in the eastern Gouta,” Najem tweeted on December 7. “I will convey to you all the events which is being commited by the assad rigime in the Eastern Gouta through my own social media Facebook and Twitter.”See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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