DARKUSH, Syria (AP) A steady stream of injured were flowing into an overwhelmed hospital in the town of Darkush, in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday, after a deadly earthquake struck the region. Mothers hovered over crying children.
Hundreds are believed either dead or injured from the 7.8 magnitude quake, whose epicenter was located near the cities of Nurdağı and Gaziantep, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Powerful 7.8-magnitude tremor devastates already ravaged areas where millions of displaced Syrians live in housing wrecked by years of fighting and bombardment
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