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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C) 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 (C) 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)