Is this a young Syrian child sleeping next to the graves of his dead parents?

Is this a young Syrian child sleeping next to the graves of his dead parents?

The photo on the left has been making the rounds with the caption: “In Syria, sleeping between his parents.”

It’s a heart-wrenching photo. But it’s actually just part of an art project from Saudi Arabia. The photographer is a 25-year-old, named Abdul Aziz al-Otaibi, who wanted to create a photograph that showed how a child’s love for his parents is eternal. And it has nothing to do with the current humanitarian crisis in Syria.

“Look, it’s not true at all that my picture has anything to do with Syria,” Al-Otaibi told a Dutch reporter who works in the Middle East. “I am really shocked how people have twisted my picture.”