A 6-year-old American boy’s letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States, asking to host a young Syrian boy has gone viral. On Thursday, Obama shared the video of 6-year-old Alex from Scarsdale in New York, reciting the letter, on his Facebook page. Alex’s letter referred to Omran Daqneesh, a 5-year-old Syrian child who was filmed sitting dazed and covered in soot and blood after being pulled from the rubble of his home in Aleppo, Syria, last month. Five-year-old Omran Daqneesh, with bloodied face, sits inside an ambulance after he was rescued following an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria. Obama has the habit of reading 10 letters from Americans every day, chosen by his staff from the thousands sent over phone, Facebook and e-mail.

Source: Hindustan Times September 23, 2016 09:24 UTC