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Ali Haj Suleiman

Syrian family recounts spending 40 hours under earthquake rubble

Mustafa al-Sayed and his three children, from left to right: Zuheir, Ilaf and Maryam. They were all pulled out from their collapsed apartment building in northwest Syria [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]

Harem, Syria – When rescuers pulled all five members of the al-Sayed family from under the rubble of their quake-damaged apartment building in northwest Syria this month, it was a rare moment of joy.

The rescue took place two days after the devastating 7.6 and 7.4 magnitude quakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6, killing more than 50,000 people in both countries.

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