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Shielded from war, Syria town emptied out by earthquake and floods

Village of Al-Tloul is flooded as a result of a Syrian dam being opened fearing aftershocks damaging the dam according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, in Idlib region, Syria February 9, 2023 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Mohamed Al-Daher/via REUTERS.

Al-Tloul, Syria Reuters Shielded from 12 years of civil war, the small north-west Syrian town of Al-Tloul near the Turkish border has been devastated by Monday’s huge earthquake and ensuing flooding that has pushed out nearly all of its inhabitants, residents said.  Three residents told Reuters the earthquake killed between 35 to 40 people and […]