Thousands were killed and many more displaced by the disaster in areas already ravaged by 13 years of civil war. Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to rescue workers, doctors and teachers about trying to get lives back on track and calls for more international help
While supplies have flowed into heavily damaged regions of neighboring Turkey, in Syria the areas hit are mainly controlled by anti-government forces that President Bashar al Assad has been battling since 2011.