JINDRIS, Syria - Many people who survived from the disastrous quakes which damaged part of the Kurdish town of Jindris in northern Syria suffer from their injuries. A destructive 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Kurdish city of Kahramanmaras in Turkey on February 6, with its impact also ripping through neighbouring Syria. Another quake followed in both countries hours later. Jwan Omar,14, is one of the survivors of the February 6 twin quakes in Jindris. His physical pain and loss of his mother in the natural disaster has made his life difficult. He and his sister, Fatma, were trapped under rubble for 12 hours before being rescued. “When I neared the gate, the building collapsed. Then I ran… My sister and brother ran too. My leg broke,” he told Rudaw on Saturday. Ibtisam Ahmed is a Kurd from Salahaddin neighbourhood of Jindris. None of the hospitals in Jindris and Afrin could treat her. Medical teams from the Kurdistan Region have been helping the injured. They visit homes to provide treatment and medicine. Over 5,000 people have been injured in the quakes in both Afrin and Jindris. Only the Kurdish teams have provided medical aid so far.
