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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Linah Alsaafin

Rescuers denounce aid ‘failure’ in Syria’s devastated northwest

A member of the Syria Civil Defence, known as the White Helmets, stands near the rubble of a collapsed building on February 7, 2023, in the town of Jandaris, as search-and-rescue operations continue following the deadly earthquakes [Rami al-Sayed/AFP]

Syrians living in the rebel-held northwest region have decried the lack of humanitarian aid for victims of two powerful earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria, describing catastrophic scenes in an area already ravaged by 12 years of civil war.

On Sunday, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths acknowledged the shortcomings, saying the Syrian population in the territory feel “abandoned” because the assistance they had hoped for had not yet arrived.

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