BEIRUT — Seven-year-old Bana Al Abed’s Twitter account has offered a poignant daily glimpse into the hell of life in Syria’s Aleppo, so when she fell silent for 24 hours it sparked worldwide concern.

Bana and her mother’s near-daily tweets have been denounced by supporters of Bashar Al Assad’s regime — and even by the president himself — as propaganda.

But for her tens of thousands of followers, brown-eyed Bana is a tragic symbol of thousands of young lives torn apart by Syria’s war.

Her father told AFP on Tuesday that the family was safe after fleeing their home in east Aleppo, nearly three quarters of which has now been overrun by advancing government forces.

“The army got really close to our neighbourhood. We fled to another part of east Aleppo and the family is doing well,” Ghassan Al Abed told AFP.

Concern for Bana rose after there were no tweets from her account on Monday, and supporters launched a #WhereisBana hashtag to raise awareness.

She returned with a fresh tweet on Tuesday, reassuring her followers that she was alive: “Hello my friends, how are you? I am fine… I miss you.”

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