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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Chief Visits Opposition-Held Syria for First Time after Quake

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, visits a hospital in western Syria, Wednesday, March 1, 2023. (AP)

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged the international community to help earthquake-hit northwest Syria, on his first ever visit to opposition-held areas of the war-ravaged country.

"The people of northwest Syria need the assistance of the international community to recover and rebuild," Tedros told reporters after entering from neighboring Türkiye via the Bab al-Hawa border crossing.

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