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Weapons to wasabi: Russian jihadist runs Syria sushi outlet

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) - A Russian jihadist has traded his weapons for wasabi by opening a small sushi restaurant in war-torn Syria's rebel-held northwest, as the conflict wanes and fighters look for other income.

AFP

Turkish Forces Shell SDF Positions in Northeast Hasakah

Turkish forces shelled an SDF position in Sarmasakh village in Al-Malkiya countryside north east Hasakah, causing material damages, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. Tuesday’s shelling comes in light of the alarming calm that has prevailed for weeks in SDF-held areas in northern and eastern Syria. On February…

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Ramadan without Food or Joy in Northwestern Syria

More than three million in northwestern Syria will be observing this year’s Ramadan, Islam’s holy month of fasting, while living in rundown tents and shelters after having endured protracted displacement, years of war, and a devastating earthquake. “We’re living the toughest days of our lives... How will we rejoice in…

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Syrians Mark 12th Anniversary of Anti-regime Uprising

Thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the war-ravaged country's opposition-held northwest on Wednesday, marking 12 years since the start of pro-democracy protests and rejecting any international "normalization" with Damascus. The brutal repression of the 2011 protests, which began during the so-called "Arab Spring" uprisings, triggered a complex civil war that drew…

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Twelve years on from the beginning of Syria’s war

Millions still displaced and hundreds of thousands have died in 12 years of fighting, but al-Assad remains in power.

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Syria's earthquake survivors struggle in a disaster made far worse by civil war, bombed-out hospitals and currency collapse

After a pair of devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, the number of confirmed deaths continues to rise, surpassing 50,000 as of Feb. 24.

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Cholera Vaccination Campaign Starts in Northwest Syria

Syrian medics launched Tuesday the first cholera vaccination campaign in the opposition-held northwest since a deadly outbreak began in September, amid increased fears of contagion after last month’s devastating earthquake, AFP reported. The World Health Organization and UNICEF sent 1.7 million cholera vaccines to northwest Syria in January in preparation…

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‘Crush syndrome’ is debilitating Syria’s earthquake victims

Doctors say medical facilities in northwest Syria are unable to deal with the complications of crush injuries.

Al Jazeera

Syrians displaced by quakes fear cholera outbreak as cases surge

At least two people died in northwest Syria last month following a rise in cholera infections.

Al Jazeera

Closed borders put cancer patients in Syria’s Idlib at risk

Stuck on the Syrian side of the border unable to return to Turkey, patients fret over how they will continue treatment.

Al Jazeera

Children go back to school in NW Syria after devastating quakes

According to the ministry of education in Idlib governorate, about 250 schools in the region were damaged in the quakes.

Al Jazeera

Syria rebel rescuers urge help after child dies of quake injuries

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) - White Helmets rescuers in rebel-held northwest Syria called on international help Friday to save people with quake-related crush injuries after a boy they rescued died from the condition.

AFP

Engineers count cost of rebuilding in quake-hit, war-weary Syria

Demolish or repair? Teams assess structures in the northwestern region where infrastructure was already dilapidated.

Al Jazeera

Quake deals new blow to Syrian medics after years of war

As a nurse working near the frontlines of the Syrian war, Ibrahim Zeidan endured many desperate moments including when shelling destroyed a hospital, leaving him trapped by rubble.

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Syrian girl rescued after quake battles 'crush syndrome'

Idlib (Syria) (AFP) - Syrians have been moved by the fate of a brave nine-year-old girl called Sham that has captured the tragedy, hope and heartbreak of the earthquake which devastated her war-ravaged country.

The Guardian - UK

Two weeks after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes – a photo essay

The death toll from the twin earthquakes has surpassed 46,000, making them among the most deadly of the 21st century

Al Jazeera

Doctors from Qatar, US work to save quake survivors in NW Syria

Medical specialists have entered opposition-held areas, bringing much-needed expertise and supplies.

Al Jazeera

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey after quake devastation

Syrians are hoping conditions in their war-ravaged homeland are better than Turkey.

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In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake

After more than a decade of bombardment, dwindling international support, and a crippling economic crisis, Syria's opposition-held northwest was already barely hanging on when calamity struck.

The Guardian - UK

‘Get me out of here’: how two Syrian siblings survived trapped under rubble

Five-year-old Jinan now in hospital with serious leg injury; her brother had only scratches while the rest of their family died

The Guardian - UK

Grief and desperation in Idlib as earthquake compounds crises

North-west Syrian province was a place of last resort for people fleeing war – then came Covid, cholera and new catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

Syrian rebel leader pleads for outside help a week on from earthquakes

Former al-Nusra Front chief keen to show scale of crisis in Idlib province and play down past links to al-Qaida

The Guardian - UK

Turkey finds a few more earthquake survivors as further rescue hopes fade

Turkish rescue efforts wind down amid grief and anger while UN calls for aid access to north-west Syria

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the inadequate response to the earthquake by the Turkish and Syrian governments

Typically, Erdoğan and Assad have tried to blame others for a disaster that has exposed their corrupt and negligent regimes

Asharq Al-Awsat

First War, Now Earthquake: Many Syrians Displaced Again

Living for years in a tent camp for displaced people in Syria’s opposition-held northwest, Ali Abu Yassin used to envy friends and relatives who had brick walls around them and solid ceilings over their heads. The situation was turned on its head after Monday’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Türkiye…

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