Zhao Lijian, spokesman for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently tweeted images of a child in war-torn Syria while falsely claiming they were taken in Afghanistan in a swipe against U.S. foreign policy. Zhao, posted four photos on his Twitter account on Jan. 24, with the caption of “After 20 years’ war, this is what the #US has brought to the children in #Afghanistan”. The images show children collecting scrap metal among heaps of disused ammunition. However, Zhao’s claims were refuted by Ali Haj Suleiman, the photographer who took the images, who said they were taken in Idlib, Syria. Suleiman blamed the situation that the children faced in the images on President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and Russian forces. Idlib is the last province in Syria not yet recaptured by al-Assad’s military. Suleiman’s collection of images won an honorable mention in the UNICEF Photo Of The Year 2021 competition. ‘Wolf Warrior …