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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Baby born under rubble of earthquake-hit home in Syria reunited with aunt and uncle

A baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-hit home in Syria has left hospital to start a new life with her aunt and uncle - as fresh tremors in the region left more people trapped.

The infant was still connected by umbilical cord to her mother, Afraa Abu Hadiya, who was dead along with her husband and four other children, when she was rescued in the town of Jindayris 10 hours after the 7.8-magnitude quake hit.

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