Syrian Bana al-Abd kisses Erdogan's hand again after 10 years Syrian Bana al-Abd met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again, 10 years after he received her as a child following her exit from the bombing of the ousted Syrian regime in Aleppo. The meeting took place during the TRT World Forum in Istanbul, after a video documenting her suffering in Aleppo was shown. Al-Abd Erdoğan thanked Erdoğan on behalf of the children of the world, and kissed his hand and said she was doing it "as I did 10 years ago." She presented him with a model in the shape of a butterfly symbolizing the voice of children, pledging to defend the truth and raise the voice of the oppressed.

Syrian Bana al-Abd kisses Erdogan's hand again after 10 years Syrian Bana al-Abd met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again, 10 years after he received her as a child following her exit from the bombing of the ousted Syrian regime in Aleppo. The meeting took place during the TRT World Forum in Istanbul, after a video documenting her suffering in Aleppo was shown. Al-Abd Erdoğan thanked Erdoğan on behalf of the children of the world, and kissed his hand and said she was doing it "as I did 10 years ago." She presented him with a model in the shape of a butterfly symbolizing the voice of children, pledging to defend the truth and raise the voice of the oppressed.