The picture, a little dark and not quite in focus, shows a cherubic boy in a pink sweater, perched on the edge of a sofa, reaching toward a bright pink flower. It’s the sort of snapshot that loving parents all over the world take every day.

They pull out the phone, maybe fumble around with the camera, and add another memento to the family photo album, as a consolation for the slippage of time and a reminder of how precious routine life can be.

The boy in the pink sweater is Jad Allah Jumaa. He is from eastern Ghouta in Syria.

Are you worried about him yet?

You won’t be alone if Ghouta doesn’t ring a bell. A besieged rebel stronghold near Damascus, population 400,000, it is where the forces of President Bashar al-Assad, dropped chemical weapons in 2013, crossing President Barack Obama’s notorious “red line” that turned out to be no line at all.