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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Rachel Hagan

Turkey Syria earthquake: Doctor 'thought he was going to die' as he describes horror

A doctor in Syria’s fragile northwest has described fears of death from Monday’s earthquake which devastated the region.

Wailing children, sirens and the crunching of rubble beneath footsteps could all be heard over the phone from the scene in Aleppo.

Dr Sallom described scenes - flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies - which looked heartbreakingly similar to residents who have faced 11 years of bombardment.

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