Sick Syrian boy in border camp evacuated to Jordan after video sparks sympathy

Jordan's military has brought a Syrian toddler and his family into the kingdom for medical treatment after a video of a sick child crying in distress sparked sympathy online.

Sick Syrian boy in border camp evacuated to Jordan after video sparks sympathy

Jordan's military has brought a Syrian toddler and his family into the kingdom for medical treatment after a video of a sick child crying in distress sparked sympathy online.

The widely shared video shows the screaming boy with a scrotum swollen to the size of half his head, as a man pleads for assistance.

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