Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) greets people as he visits neighbourhoods affected by an earthquake in the northern city of Aleppo, on February 10, 2023. - Almost 22,000 people are confirmed dead across Turkey and Syria in one of the worst disasters to hit the region in a around a century. More than 3,300 of them have been killed in Syria, according to health ministry figures and a rescue group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
![Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L) greets people as he visits neighbourhoods affected by an earthquake in the northern city of Aleppo, on February 10, 2023. - Almost 22,000 people are confirmed dead across Turkey and Syria in one of the worst disasters to hit the region in a around a century. More than 3,300 of them have been killed in Syria, according to health ministry figures and a rescue group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)](https://embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/id/1246979081/photo/syria-quake-turkey.jpg?s=594x594&w=0&k=20&c=5u5HL_-nv8E8X8-RdOBXtYj23tt_wXCe1SzrpBzO8tU=&Expires=1722128400&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIJLYLGZE3LWJLKRA&Signature=U8Ql29rfJfr3EjjH7IV40mhRk3lq2HIALVsxvUvddejsjT53eYn380qqQA2VGdwh6IXsg048QjBg7OXx~6DmviAj1NuX2~zpk9GTnPF6bfzUhGm1v5CElqUfu5Eccucga0Td0JjUx~W1-luxKN97heYQyK9mkblvCWohuJ0K1a7iJStIiNHBMq0xhD6JbWbDybfWtJP41UTDms5rqth-OwyGePNa9-JvvLUHT9rEcP-lCV0fYTaOWXZCwXgEENg2zSVodXU2fLBuE4KpILwtoUCGjtcu7iHJ99vhUYvijDgOm9k~NRzQ-Mez3Opiul6H4MogTTTAmNPXabDppjMf8ZhV1uTePdM~yIjCbOIrApZBo0MiZej2gLEmEKqoRd138EoKjndpHpTTGB8HqS5-DL8ItbNf1FlYhYbfLl5uiRCv21RT6iIInbpF1LO~sfBF6kObQKwdelO1nNVhrJ0UH-QVjD2MElE~aQFORmZ8TiLZf19YCs16A6m8g6IK~s~4~Hr4qujyvTtOyQptedhGlm2o5cwf8h8D3mcljCPh8GFPu9xg~3XYPKvD6qxHkL-T573HrwYid0aVwVqZxrlCwBSgg8hxHMKszZwXDMtoCOZo7w5EJfzdlphlgmjZoVgEdo0capZeZ6TBBHmeYZYLyboXrHiJmdel2VQKt-g9ZSc_)