The Syrians left behind the earthquake in God's hands, no tents, no help, nothing

As thousands of rescue workers from various countries are working to find people under the rubble in Turkey, this is not happening in Syria.

Tents are so close to the border wall between Syria and Turkey that they are almost touching it. Those living on the Syrian side may have been displaced by the country's more than ten-year civil war. But they may also be earthquake survivors. Disasters prevail in Syria. The earthquake, untorn by international borders, has brought havoc to both countries. But the international aid effort has been hampered by checkpoints. In southern Turkey, thousands of rescue workers with heavy lifts, medical aides and sniffer dogs have blocked roads and are still working to find survivors. In this part of northwest Syria controlled by the opposition, none of this is happening.

Among the olive trees in the village of Bsania, in the province of Idlib, Syria, is largely silence. Homes in this border area were new. Now more than 100 have gone, have become aggregates, and a white ghost dust that explodes through agricultural land. The quake also swallowed up Abu Alas ' home and claimed the lives of his two children.

The bedroom is there, it's my house. My wife, my daughter and I were sleeping here, Walah, the 15-year-old girl, was at the end of the room towards the balcony. A bodozer could find him, so I picked him up and buried him.,” he says, showing a pile of ruins.

In the darkness, he and his wife were caught by olive trees as the afternoon shook the hillside.
The Syrian Civil Protection Force, also known as the White Helmet, which operates in opposition-controlled areas, did what it could with picks. Rescuers, who receive funds from the British government, lack modern rescue equipment. Abu Alai is saddened to describe the search for his 13-year-old missing son, Alay.

 We continued to dig until evening tomorrow. God gave strength to those men. They went to hell to dig my son,” He said.

Ismail al Abdullah is tired of efforts and what he describes as ignoring the world for the Syrian people. He says the international community has blood on its hands.

We stopped looking to survive after spending more than 120 hours. We tried to save our people, but we didn't make it. Nobody heard us. From the first hour we called for urgent action, emergency assistance. No one answered. They just said “We're with you”, nothing else. We said, we need equipment. No one answered,” He said.