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After quake, war-hit Syrians struggle to get aid, rebuild

A woman, injured in the earthquake, is treated at the hospital in Bab al-Hawah, Syria, on the border crossing with Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Six days after a massive earthquake killed thousands in Syria and Turkey, sorrow and disbelief are turning to anger and tension over a sense that there has been an ineffective, unfair and disproportionate response to the historic disaster. [AP]

After years of war, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a massive earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality.

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