As earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria last month, killing more than 50,000 people across both countries, Syrian teens living in Za’atari refugee camp watched on in horror as the footage came through on social media.
For many, witnessing young children forced into temporary shelters and struggling to access food reopened old wounds from fleeing the country’s deadly conflict as babies over a decade ago. Many more faced agonising waits to discover if friends and family still living in Syria had made it out alive.
