Medical personnel and rescue workers have been stretched to their limits after a devastating earthquake hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria in the early morning of February 6. Opposition-controlled northern Syria has been particularly affected, and doctors report a shortage of medical facilities to treat the injured. The FRANCE 24 Observers spoke to a hospital nurse in Salqin who said that the region is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis as a major lifeline for cross-border aid has been closed.
