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Syrian-American doctor in Syria: The 'situation is catastrophic. It's beyond description'

A man walks past collapsed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey on Feb. 20, 2023. (Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images)
A man walks past collapsed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey on Feb. 20, 2023. (Yasin Akgul/AFP via Getty Images)

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, co-founder and president of the NGO MedGlobal, joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to discuss his group’s earthquake relief efforts in northern Syria, which is controlled by rebels fighting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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