The desperate race to save people trapped under the rubble in northern Syria poses unique challenges that aid groups and local volunteers warn could spell deadly delays in help reaching the war-ravaged and earthquake-stricken pocket of the country.
that humanitarian needs in Syria had reached the “highest levels” since the civil war started in 2011, amid an ongoing cholera outbreak and a mercilessly freezing winter.
The 36-year-old described being woken when the earthquake struck on Monday, frantically grabbing his one-month old daughter from her bed, and running outside of his house with the rest of his family and into the street. Shortages of diesel, generators, heavy-lifting equipment, shelters, and medical facilities have put titanic pressures on rescuers, Alabdullah added.
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