The Latest Breaking News from Jandaris

Afraa, ‘miracle baby’ of Syria’s earthquake, is turning one

Walking a bit, talking a bit, the baby born under rubble nearly a year ago is thriving with her adoptive family.

Al Jazeera · Feb 4, 2024

Donations and Despair: Syria’s Northwest Tries to Rebuild after Quake

Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the northwest Syrian city of Jandaris after they were reduced to rubble by last month's deadly earthquake, wiping out his life's work. "What can we do? We'll put up a tent instead. There is…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 22, 2023

Donations and despair: Syria's north-west tries to rebuild after quake

Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the north-west Syrian city of Jandaris after they were reduced to rubble by last month's deadly earthquake, wiping out his life's work.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2023

Displaced families exposed to bitter winter cold in Jandaris

Survivors in earthquake-devastated town in northwestern Syria are forced to take refuge in makeshift shelters.

Al Jazeera · Feb 10, 2023

After surviving Syrian war, earthquake kills most of a father's family

Naser al-Wakaa kept his family safe through years of war, bombings and air raids until Monday's earthquake struck their home in Jandaris in northwest Syria, levelling the building and burying his wife and most of his family under the masonry.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

In Syria, a child is saved but loses his family

Rescuers working by torchlight pulled three-year-old Tariq Haidar from the rubble some 42 hours after a devastating earthquake destroyed his family home in the Syrian town of Jandaris. His family couldn't be saved.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

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

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.

Reuters · Feb 8, 2023

Earthquake piles misery on war-ravaged Syrians in wintry north

Wailing children, flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies - a devastating earthquake on Monday looked painfully familiar for Syrian families and rescuers worn down by nearly 12 years of bombardment and displacement.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2023