As rescue operations have largely ceased, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a devastating earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality. Many residents spent Sunday digging through the debris of their destroyed homes, picking up the remnants of their shattered lives and looking for ways to heal after the latest in a series of humanitarian disaster to hit the war-battered area. The U.N.'s under-secretary-General for humanitarian affairs visited on Sunday the Turkish-Syrian border and acknowledged in a statement that Syrians have been left “looking for international help that hasn’t arrived". Aid convoys face many hurdles accessing the rebel enclave of northwestern Syria that largely depends on outside aid for survival.
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After years of war, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a massive earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality. Almost one week after the devastating magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, the U.N. has acknowledged an international failure to help Syrian quake victims.