Syrians have begun digging mass burial sites in the north of the country for the victims of powerful earthquakes that struck the region on Monday.
No strangers to mass graves due to the horrors of nearly 12 years of civil war in the country, families now face fresh grief after twin earthquakes — the first a magnitude 7.8 and the second a 7.5 — hit Turkey and neighbouring Syria.
Footage posted by the White Helmets, a civil defence and rescue organisation operating in areas of Syria outside of government control, shows grave sites being dug in the Afrin District in the northeast for victims from the town of Jindires, according to details in the post.
