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'I was waiting for death for me and my family'

Mohammad Hamza is a coordinator for the charity Islamic Relief. Speaking from the small town of Al-Dana, in northern Syria, Mohammad describes the terrifying moments when, in the dead of night, the first quake struck.

(Photo: Survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province on the border with Turkey. Credit: Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty)

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