‘For the first time in my life, I feel safer in a tent’

In Idlib province of Syria, where aid is struggling to arrive after Monday’s massive earthquake, residents are afraid to return home.

Aftershocks are still being felt and, for a mostly displaced population, tents now feel safer than houses.

Earthquake survivors take refuge in temporary accommodation in Idlib, Syria, on February 9, 2023. (Credit: Omar al-Bam/Reuters)

The area's women and children are housed in a mosque located outside the center of the camp, isolated from other buildings....

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