'Clown of Aleppo' Anas al-Basha killed in airstrike 
Activist Anas al-Basha, also known as 'Clown of Aleppo', was recently killed in a missile strike in Mashhad. The 24-year-old activist would dress up as a clown to cheer up children in Aleppo, Syria. Basha was the director of 'Space for Hope', a local initiative to provide counselling and financial support for orphaned Syrian children.\n\n\n\n