Heartbreaking photo of injured Syrian child shows human cost of war

Allepo: A heartbreaking image from a video posted on social media shows a boy with bloodied face sitting in an ambulance after an airstrike, has been widely circulated on social media, highlighting the abysmal state of the war in Syria.

The still image was taken on August 18, 2016 from a video posted on social media said to be shot in Aleppo on August 17, 2016.

It has been shared and retweeted thousands of times.