Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?
The Briefing Room
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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's Reaction to the Aleppo Quake
Dr. Linah Attib is Director of the Middle Eastern North Africa Program at Chatham House. Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has literally lost in the aftermath of the earthquake, she says. He and his officials have been calling the international community to lift sanctions on Syria,. They are trying to say foreign aid coming to Syria needs to flow through Assad government channels.
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