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)](https://embed-cdn.gettyimages.com/id/1246979089/photo/syria-quake-turkey.jpg?s=594x594&w=0&k=20&c=_mG0KFgCjn-tkh8goILRJJzy-6ifKEQipWaFMDQ9lY4=&Expires=1722128400&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIJLYLGZE3LWJLKRA&Signature=RKV0Gop0m2Oo0RWvXM7PrfRHw0uzTnCUGI5Dc7hGNs752DpUEZBH39eMZKBunpnTiMR56PVDLDnNJnQBJ6tc2zjeLDFaBdsR5vSDcNyuyxgkYOJk6KS~qf86tNxv6gLsvx56zLC6F9otMRbsRTxvZTuHgwdiI7I85FAitDAGRMvw1DT-lMl8JupKuBI0MQl0f2LbQhBGtsKEm5cuRhP2B7M4EQbo2bzEHsLd92QuLqyYlz6Jc-XFhFP0oc5iXcFtowJSulciOInBBqvvKFnOcjyTRScWnPbfSt6Vul7K5hDCsv2e9Lm4z8Xa9DqSbDKfHoe6zfGYq7CIU7S6cjWsZMTVZROaI52q0H8xpvsahu7sICs-e4ZnNQ99JvlEpvO7J-oBhuUYgH1z-XWKR1Ee9BxqgI4tHdtgOG5p9KSZ3K6-JBgE9ghE5-Q~JDG5lnIFF8qEQwCgnBGFLjLFdcxRUBFBerlvmPNY5HNEfSaciWcuxpmi-eeiHyUMiszL~YVcI~E4UpEvn5qm4T6ldWEBurZgFc5r3LXA3h1XeVu5sQEWX7LHsPtbfI90~ew4cJI0BrIIbmwedQ0GbY2dLDWBQrXEx5EDRNpd~4QV~0K2uLWrqJJRnN~WXflmDAkk80AzMesKVnrURoTG8juA3cXYQQJAmG~T7vdt63Q1aWfN9FE_)