Gunmen have stormed a hospital in north Syria where a baby girl is receiving care after being born under the rubble of her family's earthquake-shattered home, a hospital official has said, adding that the attackers beat the clinic's director.
The official denied reports on social media claiming that the attack overnight was an attempt to kidnap the infant, named Aya — Arabic for "a sign from God." Aya has been at the hospital since hours after the first earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Aya's mother died after giving birth to her in the aftermath of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, with Aya still having her umbilical cord attached when found.. Her father and four siblings were also killed in the quake.,
