When Omran Daqneesh's photograph was beamed around the world, it became a haunting image of the brutality of the Assad regime and the suffering of children in Syria.

A picture of Omar in the back of an ambulance, blood caking his face and his body covered with masonry dust following an air strike, garnered international attention last year.

But now new pictures have emerged of the five-year-old from Aleppo, showing him fit and healthy with his family.

Last August, Omran sat dazed and confused when he was loaded into an ambulance after being pulled from the rubble of his home in Aleppo which was decimated in an air strike.

The chilling image of the youngster made him a symbol of the horror and tragedy in Syria.

His older brother, Ali, 10, died from injuries sustained in the blast.

But in new pictures taken from interviews with his family this week, Omar can be seen sitting on his father's knee at their home. 

His family was interviewed in Aleppo for Al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese television station supportive of the Assad regime.

Pro-regime journalist Kinana Allouche tweeted a picture of Omar with the caption: 'The child Omran, those who tried to shed Syrian blood mislead the news that he was hit by the Syrian Arab Army.

'Here he now lives in the Syrian state with its army, its leader and its people.'

The Daqneesh's have so far refused to speak to the media out of fear they may be targeted by supporters of President Bashar al Assad's regime.

Kinana Allouche last year sparked outrage when she posted a selfie of herself with the bodies of dead rebel fighters.

The journalist works for Sama TV, a sister channel of Addounia TV which is seen by many as a mouthpiece for the Assad regime.

A video appearing to show Allouche laughing over the bodies of children killed in Aleppo, as men scream in anger later surfaced, leading to more fury from viewers.