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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lily Ford

Daughters still asking to go home a month after earthquake, says Syrian mother

A pregnant Syrian mother has described the traumatic moment a catastrophic earthquake destroyed her building a month ago, forcing her to sleep on the streets with two young daughters who continue to ask her when they can go home.

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck areas of Turkey and Syria on February 6, followed by a second earthquake 10 days later, killing over 50,000 people and displacing millions.

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