When two major earthquakes hit the Turkey-Syria border region on February 6, 2023, there was some hope that the catastrophe would bring renewed attention and aid to war-torn northwestern Syria. But almost a year later, those on the ground say the situation has only grown more dire and they feel more alone and desperate than ever. 


In this episode: 

Ahmad Hallak (@ahmadkhallak), Aid Worker in Northwest Syria
Hiba Ezzideen (@EzzideenHiba), Equity and Empowerment CEO 

Episode credits:


This episode was produced by Miranda Lin with our host Kevin Hirten. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.


Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. This episode was mixed by Joe Plourde. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.


Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.


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