bbc news, antakya. but across the border, in northern syria, it s in the northwest of syria, the last rebel held enclave, that aid officials tell us was the worst hit in this earthquake. but areas in the north under syrian government control have also been hit. that includes the major syrian city of aleppo. the correspondent for the bbc s arabic service, assaf aboud, was able to obtain government permission to visit aleppo and we ve translated his report for you. translation: we are now in the shahar neighbourhood, one of the areas damaged by the earthquake. aleppo is the closest city to the epicentre of the earthquake. until now, around 400 people have died in the city of aleppo. hundreds of injured remain in the rubble. in this area, rescue efforts are being supported by government forces in the search
farmland or to invest in american food and agricultural companies. we should protect those critical assets for our own country, i think that s something that members of both parties can keep around and most americans would agree. dana: i m surprised how much they are actually buying. the investors holding from 2010 was 13,000 acres. 2020, 352,000 acres. and that is a huge amount. do you think you ll have bipartisan support on this? i hope so, dana, we re still working with democrats and republicans to try to explain the threat to them and explain what we need to do to stop it. again, in china, you don t just get to leave the country or take your money out of the country without government permission, government oversight. not like america. you can t just go buy a farm in canada. can t get a time share in mexico. the people coming out of china to buy farmland and food and agricultural companies are doing so because the chinese communists want them to.
like mask wearing or something much more serious like grandparents not being able to see the grandchildren or saying it s illegal to have a sexual relationship with somebody outside your own household, this is going way further than the anything east german stasi ever imposed and i think we have to think about this very carefully. i m not a covid sceptic and i m not even perhaps a lockdown sceptic, this is a tremendous unprecedented move to limit civil liberties and make them contingent on government permission. the interference in personal life and family life and even among social events among friends is quite extraordinary, and i think we have now set this precedent and it is going to be very hard to reverse. when does this end? viruses mutate all the time. whenever there is a mutant variation is that going
responsible thing to do. - but when governments can issue edicts, - whether it is something relatively trivial like mask wearing or- something much more serious myl grandparents not being able to see their grandchildren, or saying it is illegal to have a sexual. relationship with someone outside l of your own household, this is going way further than anything the east german group ever impose. he had to think about this very carefully. i i m not a covid 19 . sceptic and not even a locked on sceptic, - but this is a tremendous, unprecedented move to limit civil liberties and make them - contingent on government permission that the interference in personal- life and family life, even among social| events among friends, it is quite extraordinary. and i think we have now set this precedent and it s - very hard to reverse. when does this end? versus mutate all the time.