Syrian quake survivor lives in makeshift shelter after daughter died in his arms

Salah al-Haji al-Akab, the brother in-law of Abdulrahman Ali al-Mahmoud, stands on a pile of rubble that was once Mahmoud's home, in rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria February 8, 2023. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Lying bandaged in a makeshift shelter with his surviving infant daughter, Abdulrahman Ali al-Mahmoud laments the loss of his wife and other baby girl after their house in Syria's Jandaris was flattened in Monday's earthquake.

"My young daughter died in my arms and my wife died next to me," said Mahmoud, his arm in a sling and his face still marked from the debris that fell as the family house collapsed, killing his wife Sahar.