[A man holds a poster with a drawing depicting a drowned Syrian toddler during a demonstration for refugee rights in Istanbul]ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Friday sentenced two Syrians to four years in jail over the drowning of five people including a toddler, the image of whose dead body triggered global sympathy last September over the fate of migrants, Dogan news agency reported. Three-year-old Aylan Kurdi, whose body washed up on a beach in southwest Turkey, drowned along with his mother and brother among a group of migrants trying to reach Greece by boat. The two Syrians were convicted of smuggling, Dogan said. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Nick Tattersall)
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