Earthquake disaster: Has aid to Syria come too late?
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🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily podcast with Niall Paterson, our special correspondent Alex Crawford describes the situation in Syria from where she's been reporting.
Also on the Daily is Hani Habbal of the Syria Relief charity, who reflects on the impact of 12 years of the Syrian civil war on the country, and former foreign secretary David Miliband, now president of the International Rescue Committee, on what support is needed.
Producer: Emma Rae Woodhouse
Interviews Producer: Alex Edden
Editor: Philly Beaumont
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| 1:01.9 | Welcome to the Sky News Daily. |
| 1:02.8 | I'm Neil Patterson. |
| 1:05.8 | And today, we return to the disaster along the Syria-Turkey border. |
| 1:08.6 | More than a week after the earthquakes struck, the first United Nations aid convoy is now on |
| 1:14.0 | its way to Syria, barring another disaster. |
| 1:16.6 | It will be there by the time you listen to this, and not a moment too soon. |
| 1:21.6 | So, yeah, the devastation is beyond words. |
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