B.C. Syrian refugee worries international earthquake aid won't make it into rebel-held cities
Posted: Feb. 7, 2023 7:01PMA Syrian refugee who calls Vancouver Island home says at least some of her family in northwestern Syria made it out of“They were sleeping. It was 4 a.m., I can’t imagine,” Safaa Naeman told CHEK News. “They left the house with no shoes. They just run. They just run.”
Prior to the earthquake, Syria had been divided into government and opposition-held areas. Rebel areas already had scarce resources, and Naeman worries that will equate to more deaths in those areas. “It’s like a big prison,” said Naeman. “They can’t go to the government areas, they can’t escape into Turkey.”
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