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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

EXPLAINED: Aid group issues urgent appeal for quake hit syria c4ddcbc4 3f0a 4cf7 8c0c 99ab7c2e5b93 - The Real Truth

Local NGOs set up tents to provide shelter and food for people who lost their homes in a devastating earthquake in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. (AP)

The group Doctors Without Borders called Sunday for the "urgent scaling up" of earthquake aid to northwest Syria as it delivered a convoy laden with emergency assistance.

Aid has been slow to reach Syria's rebel-held areas since the February 6 quake killed a combined total of more than 43,000 people across Türkiye and Syria.

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