Survivors rebuild lives one year after 2023 earthquakes in Syria, Türkiye

STORY: Survivors rebuild lives one year after 2023 earthquakes in Syria, Türkiye SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: Damascus/Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of quake-affected zones 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): YAHIA KAAKEH, Local resident, Aleppo 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YAHIA MAJAWAZ, Local resident, Aleppo 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SALEM HABEIB, Aleppo branch director of General Housing Foundation 5. STANDUP (English): BURAK AKINCI, Xinhua reporter 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): CEREN KAYABASI, Resident STORYLINE: One year after the deadly earthquakes that hit both Syria and Türkiye on Feb. 6, 2023, survivors in both countries share their stories. Yahia Kaakeh, a 50-year-old painter, was at his home in the Syrian city of Aleppo when the earthquakes struck. He was buried under the rubble for 40 hours before he was saved. He later learned that he was one of the two survivors in his apartment building, the collapse of which claimed the lives of 48 people. S

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(240101) -- ANKARA, Jan. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Nesrin Kayabasi cooks in a kitchen in Ankara, Türkiye, Dec. 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Amid ongoing conflicts, economic slowdown, people in Mideast retain hopes for better year in 2024" (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)

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(240101) -- ANKARA, Jan. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Nesrin Kayabasi receives an interview from Xinhua in a kitchen in Ankara, Türkiye, Dec. 28, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Amid ongoing conflicts, economic slowdown, people in Mideast retain hopes for better year in 2024" (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua)