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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Khalil Ashawi

Syrian baby born in earthquake adopted by aunt and uncle

Khalil Al-Sawadi, the uncle-by-marriage of a baby girl born during a deadly earthquake earlier this month, holds her and his own newborn daughter, in Jandaris, Syria February 18, 2023. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

An infant child born in northern Syria during this month's devastating earthquake was reunited on Saturday with her aunt and uncle, after her parents and siblings died in the disaster.

Footage circulating widely on social media after the quake showed a rescuer scrambling down a hill of rubble carrying a tiny dust-covered baby.

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