At graveyard of unknown quake victims, Syrians seek news of the missing
Jandaris, Syria Reuters The simple gravestone of a girl killed in last month’s earthquake in Syria bears no name, but notes she was wearing a green sweater at the time of her burial, a description left in the hope it may help someone identify her. The bodies of up to 70 unidentified people have been […]
After quake, Syrian schools silent as teachers, students perish
Jandaris, Syria Reuters An eerie silence lay over the courtyard of Ramadan al-Suleiman’s nursery in northern Syria on Sunday as he picked his way through smashed cinderblocks, twisted metal and broken plastic swings. The modest nursery in the town of Jandaris – about 70 kilometres from the city of Aleppo – once hosted 100 toddlers, […]
Anguish and scuffles as rescuers struggle to reach quake victims in Turkey and Syria
Antakya/Adana, Turkey Reuters Rescue workers in quake-devastated Turkey and northern Syria struggled on Tuesday to reach some of the worst-hit areas, held back by destroyed roads, poor weather and a lack of resources and heavy equipment and confronted by angry survivors. Turkish authorities say more than 12,000 search and rescue personnel and 9,000 troops are […]
Earthquake piles misery on war-ravaged Syrians in wintry north
Jandaris, Syria Reuters Wailing children, flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies – a devastating earthquake on Monday looked painfully familiar for Syrian families and rescuers worn down by nearly 12 years of bombardment and displacement. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake sent people rushing into the streets in the country’s north, where air strikes and shelling […]