A three-year-old Syrian girl whose father taught her to laugh at the sound of bombs in order not to be afraid has reached safety in Turkey, reports say.

Salwa made headlines in a video that went viral last month. It showed her playing a game as warplanes dropped bombs near her home in Idlib, according to media report.

The Turkish government helped her and her parents cross the border a week later, it has emerged.

Idlib is the final major rebel-held stronghold in Syria.

Nearly a million people have fled to the Syrian-Turkish border since December, amid heavy fighting in the Idlib region between Turkish-backed rebels and Syrian government forces.

Salwa and her father Abdullah Mohammad came up with a unique way to cope with the air strikes.

He taught her that rather than being scared, she could laugh at the sound of bombs.

He used the sound of children letting off fireworks to show her that loud noises could be funny, and said the game helped his daughter stay calm and happy.

Their game provoked an outpouring of sympathy and led the Turkish government to help them flee.

They crossed into Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate on 25 February, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency says.

They were reportedly taken to a refugee camp in Reyhanli in southern Turkey.