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Despite Macron's show of support, his then-culture minister Rima Abdul-Malak said she would look into withdrawing Depardieu's Legion d'Honneur after footage emerged of him making sexual comments around women in a 2018 documentary filmed in North Korea.

"I was soothing her, telling her not to be afraid, that nothing would happen. She was calling on God and the prophets for help," Rima says.

Her mother Rima is sitting by her bedside, holding a copy of the Quran and praying.

As the bombing was getting closer, Rima was hunkering by her front door with Noor and her twin brother Mohammed.

“God forgive us for that,” Rima begged, through streams of tears.