They try to kidnap Aya, the baby who survived together with her deceased mother after the earthquake in Syria

oh, the “miracle baby” who was born under the rubble and who lost his entire family after the earthquakes in the province of Aleppo, in northwestern Syria, has suffered three kidnapping attempts in the last 48 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

According to a statement from the NGO, based in the United Kingdom and a wide network of collaborators on the ground, several groups have tried to kidnap the little girl for economic reasons, since her case has aroused great international interest and various organizations. They have offered “millions of dollars” to adopt her.

The latest attempt was carried out by armed men who assaulted the Cihan Hospital, in the town of Afrín, where the baby remains hospitalized, and attacked the medical personnel with the intention of forcibly taking her away. The Observatory asserted that the assailants belonged to the Turkish militia Sultan Murad Brigade, which operates in the area, and added that they intended to hand over Aya to people linked to the Syrian government “in exchange for huge sums of money.”

Aya was born in the town of Jindares, one of the most affected by the earthquakes in Syria, buried by the rubble of a building that collapsed due to the tremor. rescue groups They found her attached to her mother through the umbilical cord., but they could not do anything for the mother of the newborn or the rest of her family, her father and five brothers, who lost their lives in the catastrophe. The baby was transferred to Afrin, where she has remained since then receiving medical treatment for the numerous bruises and bruises suffered.

Her case, which has gone around the world, has aroused such interest that in just two days at least three groups of people have tried to capture her. The province of Aleppo has been one of the hardest hit by the earthquakes and part of it is in the hands of opposition groups, while other areas are controlled by the government of Syrian President Bashar al Asad. In the case of Afrin, it belongs to the Turkish forces and their allied militias, which seized the canton from the Kurdish Kurds during an offensive launched in 2018.