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People in Saudi Arabia are sharing this new cartoon asking where our sympathy was for them

People in Saudi Arabia are sharing this new cartoon asking where our sympathy was for them

Following the terror attack in Brussels on Tuesday, this cartoon by Le Monde illustrator Plantu became a symbol for the support shown by France to their northern neighbours.

After that, however, people in Turkey began sharing this variation:

Many argued that the same level of sympathy and support was not shown for their country following recent attacks on Istanbul and Ankara.

Now, people in Saudi Arabia are sharing a new cartoon depicting a character draped in their flag and asking where sympathy has been for them...

The kingdom has been subject to dozens of suicide bomb attacks in the past decade, a not-completely-comprehensive list of which can be seen here.

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