A Picture and its Story: Syrian pulled from rubble mourns 'martyred' young son
Abu Abdallah
EASTERN GHOUTA  Syria (Reuters) - His brow dripping with blood and his skin caked with brick dust   Abu Abdallah  was pulled out from under the rubble of  his  house near Damascus after  it  was blown up in an air raid.
 He  was lucky to survive the bomb that fell while  he  was having breakfast  dropped by one of the countless warplanes that emergency workers say have pounded the rebel-held Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta in recent days.
 His  three-year-old son was not so fortunate.
âWe were sitting around  eating â said Abu Abdallah - a sobriquet meaning â Abdallah âs fatherâ - as  he  recalled Tuesdayâs strike. âMy son wanted to use the toilet  so his mother took him. Then the missile came down.â
âI was under the rubble... and my head was bent down  I couldnât raise it â said  Abu Abdallah   who declined to give  his  full name. âI said thatâs it  this will be the end of  me .â
Abu Abdallah  26  who was rescued from under the rubble after an airstrike  is seen at a relative's home in the Saqba area  in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta  Syria  January 11  2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
 Abu Abdallah  26   comes from the eastern Ghouta village of Marj al-Sultan  which the Syrian army recaptured from insurgents in late 2015.  He  had moved deeper into the enclave to the town of Saqba with  his  family to try to escape the bombing.
âNow itâs still not clear what we will do â  he  said.  His  family is staying with relatives while  he  recovers from a head injury and a back strain.
âThe (world) should have mercy on these children and women because they have nothing to do with the fighting â Abu Abdallah said. âIf they want to fight  let them go fight on the frontlines. But why are they bombing us?â
EASTERN GHOUTA  Syria (Reuters) - His brow dripping with blood and his skin caked with brick dust   Abu Abdallah  was pulled out from under the rubble of  his  house near Damascus after  [TGT]  [TGT]   was blown up in an air raid.
 He  was lucky to survive the bomb that fell while  he  was having breakfast  dropped by one of the countless warplanes that emergency workers say have pounded the rebel-held Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta in recent days.
 His  three-year-old son was not so fortunate.
âWe were sitting around  eating â said Abu Abdallah - a sobriquet meaning â Abdallah âs fatherâ - as  he  recalled Tuesdayâs strike. âMy son wanted to use the toilet  so his mother took him. Then the missile came down.â
âI was under the rubble... and my head was bent down  I couldnât raise it â said  Abu Abdallah   who declined to give  his  full name. âI said thatâs it  this will be the end of  me .â
Abu Abdallah  26  who was rescued from under the rubble after an airstrike  is seen at a relative's home in the Saqba area  in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta  Syria  January 11  2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
  [TGT] 26   comes from the eastern Ghouta village of Marj al-Sultan  which the Syrian army recaptured from insurgents in late 2015.  He  had moved deeper into the enclave to the town of Saqba with  his  family to try to escape the bombing.
âNow itâs still not clear what we will do â  he  said.  His  family is staying with relatives while  he  recovers from a head injury and a back strain.
âThe (world) should have mercy on these children and women because they have nothing to do with the fighting â  [TGT]  said. âIf they want to fight  let them go fight on the frontlines. But why are they bombing us?â