The publication of Aryan’s image, whose family is from the city of Kobani in Syria, went viral in international outlets and social media, shocking the world in the process.
Aiylan Kurdi’s body along with his 5-year old brother and mother was transferred back to Istanbul to be given to his father.
Inaction by the United Nations and world powers such as the United States has led to increasing displacement for millions of Syrians across the globe, and an escalating number of such migrants dying and drowning in waters while escaping the hell created in their home country by Bashar Assad who enjoys the support of the Iranian regime.