Syrian girl with moving Twitter posts disappears from social media

#WhereIsBana

Seven-year-old Bana Alabed, who grabbed the world’s attention with heart-wrenching Twitter posts on war-stricken Aleppo, has disappeared from social media according  to CNN.

The foreboding last message from the Twitter account that the girl shared with her mother Fatemah was, "We are sure the army is capturing us now. We will see each other another day dear world. Bye.- Fatemah #Aleppo." However, Bana’s Twitter account does not exist anymore and no one seems to know why.

The girl, who had over 100,000 followers, used to post dire messages on the micro-blogging site, such as the one on November 26, "Tonight we have no house, it's bombed and I got in rubble. I saw deaths and I almost died."



It wasn’t long before Bana tweeted requesting for prayers as fresh bombing took place, "Under heavy bombardments now. In between death and life now, please keep praying for us," she said. Her mother revealed to CNN that their home had received a direct hit, putting them into the streets.

Her Twitter account, active till Sunday, was created by Fatemah to "share our life here to the world'' as the Syrian Army launched a major offensive to recapture Aleppo.

One of the striking moments in the videos shared was the sound of bombing wherein Bana stood before the camera asking for help.

The girl and her mother live in the sections of the eastern city controlled by rebels, witnessing heavy bombing by Syrian government and Russian warplanes.

On Monday, messages were seen on Twitter requesting for prayers for Bana and the survival of her family.



It’s only last month when Bana’s tweets got the attention of world-renowned writer JK Rowling who sent the girl eBooks of the entire Harry Potter series. The girl had earlier posted that she liked to read “to forget the war.”

This article originally appeared on CNN.