Photos show double blow of war and earthquakes in regime-held Syria

The city center of Jableh is home to older buildings as well as newer, less regulated construction. An image of President Bashar Assad hangs over a street cart with the slogan "We continue with you" in Arabic. (Aya Batrawy/NPR)

JABLEH, Syria — Last month's earthquakes were catastrophic for parts of Turkey and Syria, but this is only the latest crisis to upend life here. The country's long-running civil war has left no part of the country untouched, no family unscathed.

Jassem al-Hussein and his wife Dahiya, in their 60s, stand in front of the home they share with their divorced daughter and their 8-year-old grandson. Al-Hussein has had multiple surgeries, is unemployed and says his two sons left Syria during the war and live as refugees in Lebanon. (Aya Batrawy/NPR)