Pictures of Syrian children holding pictures of Pokémon are appearing on Twitter, asking the rest of the world to come and save them.
“I am in Kafr Nabl on the outskirts of Idlib, come and save me,” one post reads.
“If you are looking for a #Pokémon you can find it in #Syria… Save it!!,” says another.
The Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office originally posted the images, which have since been shared more than 21,000 times.
“With the media spread wide for Pokémon game we decided to publish these images to highlight the suffering of the Syrian people from the bombing of the forces of order and Air-Assad to the Syrian people and besiege them,” RFS told The Independent.
“We want to raise awareness and draw attention to the plight of Syrian children in besieged areas and the suffering of Syrian people who are attacked and killed by the Assad regime and its allies.”
The campaign started after air strikes in northern Syria killed 50 civilians, most of which were women and children. Unicef estimates that there are 35,000 children trapped in the area the air strikes hit.
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This story originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.
