Sarah Dadoosh: Getting help into Northwest Syria is very difficult. Russia threatens to veto the renewal of this cross-border aid every six months. Piotur Zilevsky: This could just be a very, very tiring and exhausting traumatic time for a place that's been traumatized many times over.
Turkey is digging itself out from the devastating earthquake that has killed thousands across the country. Recovery efforts have been more difficult in northwest Syria, where civil war means there’s no unified response to the crisis.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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