{"id":548443,"date":"2023-02-06T17:31:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/deadly-earthquake-exacerbates-suffering-of-displaced-syrians\/"},"modified":"2023-02-06T17:31:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T14:31:31","slug":"deadly-earthquake-exacerbates-suffering-of-displaced-syrians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deadly-earthquake-exacerbates-suffering-of-displaced-syrians\/","title":{"rendered":"#Deadly earthquake exacerbates suffering of displaced Syrians"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b39e13ce7b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3b39e13ce7b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/deadly-earthquake-exacerbates-suffering-of-displaced-syrians\/#Deadly_earthquake_exacerbates_suffering_of_displaced_Syrians\" >Deadly earthquake exacerbates suffering of displaced Syrians<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Deadly_earthquake_exacerbates_suffering_of_displaced_Syrians\"><\/span>Deadly earthquake exacerbates suffering of displaced Syrians<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>DARKUSH, Syria (AP) \u2014 A steady stream of injured were flowing into an overwhelmed hospital in the town of Darkush, in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday, after a deadly earthquake struck the region. Mothers hovered over crying children.<\/p>\n<p>Amid the chaos, one man sat with a dazed expression, his face covered with abrasions.<\/p>\n<p>The man, Osama Abdul Hamid, had barely made it out alive with his wife and four children from his apartment building in the nearby village of Azmarin. Many of their neighbors were not so lucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe building is four stories, and from three of them, no one made it out,\u201d Abdul Hamid said, breaking down in tears. \u201cGod gave me a new lease on life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The powerful 7.8 magnitude quake that struck before dawn on Monday wreaked new damage and suffering in Syria\u2019s last rebel-held enclave, already wrecked by years of fighting and bombardment and housing millions of displaced Syrians who had fled their homes during the country\u2019s civil war.<\/p>\n<p>Hospitals and clinics were flooded with injured. In the enclave, centered in Idlib province, many of the displaced live in dire conditions in makeshift camps. Many others there and in neighboring government-held areas are housed in buildings weakened by past bombings and left even more vulnerable to shocks from earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>The quake caused total and partial damage to buildings in at least 58 villages, towns and cities in northwestern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,300 people were killed in Turkey and Syria, with the toll expected to climb. In the opposition-held territory in Syria, more than 100 were reported dead, but hundreds more were believed be buried under the rubble of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis disaster will worsen the suffering of Syrians already struggling with a severe humanitarian crisis,\u201d Carsten Hansen, the director for Middle East at the Norwegian Refugee Council, said in a statement. \u201cMillions have already been forced to flee by war in the wider region and now many more will be displaced by disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the hospital in Darkush in western Idlib, Abdel Hamid told how his family were sleeping in their apartment when they were roused by powerful, prolonged shaking. They ran from the apartment, but \u201cbefore we reached the door of the building, the whole building came down on us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>A wooden door shielded them from the worst force of the collapse \u2014 they all got out alive. He and his wife and three of the children suffered head injuries but are all in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the casualties quickly overwhelmed the hospital\u2019s resources, said Majdi al-Ibrahim, a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> surgeon at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need urgent help. The danger is beyond our capacity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian American Medical Society, which runs hospitals in northern Syria and southern Turkey, said in a statement that its facilities are \u201coverwhelmed with patients filling the hallways\u201d and called urgently for \u201ctrauma supplies and a comprehensive emergency response to save lives and treat the injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opposition territory in the northwest corner of Syria has held out for years even after Syrian government forces retook most rebel-held areas around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting still flares from time to time with Russian-backed Syrian forces nearby. Parts of the territory are run by rebel groups, including a dominant al-Qaida-linked militant faction, while parts are under a Turkish-backed administration known as the Syrian Interim Government.<\/p>\n<p>The disaster came on the heels of severe winter storms, further adding to the misery of those left without shelter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is rain and the weather is very cold, there is snow in some of the areas,\u201d Abdel Hakim al-Masri, economy minister with the Turkish-backed regional administration, told The Associated Press. He noted that some of the displacement camps in the area had been decimated by the quake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a huge amount of suffering, and this will increase it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>Sewell reported from Beirut.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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