James Snell

Syria might never recover from the devastation of this earthquake

A man surveys the devastation in Idlib, Syria (Credit: Getty images)

Natural disaster always worst affects those who have already lost so much. And so it is in Turkey and Syria, where a double earthquake has killed more than 1,900 people. Across both countries, there are widespread scenes of destruction: apartment blocks reduced to rubble; gas supplies cut off in the middle of a freezing winter; survivors left to try and pluck their relatives from the rubble.

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