It seemed that 12 years of a bloody war should have been enough tragedy for the people of Aleppo and other Syrian cities. But in the early hours of Feb. 6, a devastating earthquake struck northwestern Syria, killing 1,500 as of 5 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 7.
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“Humanly speaking, there is no reason on the part of Western, American and European policy to lift sanctions because they have imposed them to get something in return,” Maronite Bishop Joseph Tobji of Aleppo told Vatican News.