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Syria's earthquake survivors struggle in a disaster made far worse by civil war, bombed-out hospitals and currency collapse

  • Written by Ora Szekely, Associate Professor of Political Science, Clark University
imageTemporary shelters have been set up near neighborhoods in the Idlib province demolished by the Syria-Turkey earthquake.Omar Haj Kadour/ AFP via Getty Images

After a pair of devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, the number of confirmed deaths continues to rise, surpassing 50,000 as of Feb. 24.

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