darkness. tonight, the search goes on, and still shining a light into the darkness is this man. getting access to the quake zone in syria is tough, but the bbc has language services right around the world, and our arabic team based in the country, now has some of the first international journalists in aleppo, with their access controlled by the government. the historic city was hit hard by the earthquakes, and our correspondent, assaf abboud, has sent us this report in arabic, and we ve translated his words. 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 for the injured. they are also working on demolishing
erdal, we left you five, six hours ago. did you find anyone else last night? no, no. translation: we | couldn t find anyone. 0nlya dog. its owner was dead. so what happens now? i don t know. since families are sensitive, they insist people are still alive under the rubble. so we keep trying to work in places where we don t find any corpses. tonight, the search goes on. and still shining a light into the darkness as erdal baris yildirim. quentin sommerville, bbc news, antakya. well, what of the situation in syria? getting access to the quake zone there is tough, but the bbc has language services right around the world,
about what has happened. the operation s gone on through the night and they ve had to bring specialist equipment up here because the initial calls to the police mentioned six children. they don t know if that number was right, but they have to carry on the search just in case there s still somebody in the water. sadly, they say if there is, this is now regarded as a recovery, not a rescue operation. despite the appalling conditions, the search continues. phil mackey, bbc news, kingshurst. it isa it is a nightmare scenario. 0ur correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn is at the scene now for us. kathryn, the search goes on? yes, aood kathryn, the search goes on? yes, good morning. kathryn, the search goes on? yes, good morning. i kathryn, the search goes on? yes, good morning, i am kathryn, the search goes on? yes, good morning, i am at kathryn, the search goes on? yes, good morning, i am at the - kathryn, the search goes on? ya: good morning, i am at the police cordon which remains in p
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