Pages on social media published news regarding the Syrian Civil Defense’s refusal of the request of the American actress, Angelina Jolie, to adopt the child who was born under the rubble of the earthquake in northern Syria.
The posts included a picture of the infant, who was born under the rubble on February 6, and another of American actress Angelina Jolie, who has three adopted children.
“The civil defense rejects the request of the American international artist Angelina Jolie to adopt the infant girl who was born under the rubble,” the accompanying commentary said.
The civil defense refers to the Syrian White Helmets organization, which leads rescue operations in the areas controlled by the opposition factions in northern Syria, which were widely damaged by the recent earthquake.
At a time when celebrities on their social media pages expressed their desire to adopt the infant, there was no news regarding Angelina Jolie regarding the matter in any credible media.
The American star has not stated her desire to adopt Ali her accounts on social media, but called for donations to support the White Helmets in Syria and a Turkish non-profit organization to support rescue efforts.
The White Helmets in Syria denied what was reported on social media. “No party has contacted us in this regard,” the head of the organization, Raed al-Saleh, told AFP, adding, “The child was in a hospital in Afrin until Wednesday.”
Al-Saleh confirmed that the organization received “many offers to adopt children following the earthquake,” but explained that his organization’s mission is limited to “search and rescue, recovery and first aid, and ends following delivering the victims to hospitals.”
Residents and rescue workers in the town of Jenderes in northern Syria pulled out a baby girl who was miraculously born under the rubble, and remained connected via the umbilical cord to her mother, who was killed following the family home was destroyed.
And the little girl saw Al-Nour as an orphan, while all her family members were killed: her father, Abdullah Al-Malehan, and her mother, Afra, along with her four brothers, in addition to her aunt.
Rescue personnel and residents were able to exhume the family’s bodies following hours of searching and hard work with little resources, and the infant was transferred to a hospital in the city of Afrin in the far north of Aleppo province.