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From Our Own Correspondent: Voices from North-West Syria

09/02/2023

Voices from North-West Syria

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Voices from North-West Syria

After a 7.8 magnitude quake struck in the region, many are stranded with no hope of help.

After a 7.8 magnitude quake struck Turkey's south and northern Syria, rescue workers are battling to reach those stranded by damaged roads and political infighting.

Kate Adie presents stories from Syria, Nigeria, Romania, Armenia and Pakistan

Leila Molana Allen has spoken to anxious friends and relatives in the Syrian diaspora who are preparing for the worst as roads are blocked and airports closed. Many relief workers are running low on supplies as they battle to reach those stranded.

Mayeni Jones has been in the midst of the chaotic fall-out from the Nigerian Central Bank's decision to replace the high denomination bank notes, which led to fights breaking out in banks and long queues forming as the new notes became scarce to find.

Paul Kenyon visits the Romanian home of former championship boxer and social media influencer Andrew Tate, who's been detained in the country due to allegations of people trafficking and rape. He finds the house wasn't quite what he expected for someone who boasts about a glamorous lifestyle - and went to hear what the locals make of him.

A group of teenagers got stranded on the Armenian border after they travelled to Yerevan from Nagorno-Karabakh for the Eurovision Junior Song Contest.  Azerbaijani  activists staged a sit in on the only road connection Armenia to the breakaway region and have stopped all civilian traffic from passing. Gabriel Gavin spoke to the children caught in the middle of the conflict.

And finally, over this past year, Pakistan has marked the 75th anniversary of its formation.  There were many individual stories of communities and families who were split or who chose to relocate and the reverberations of that partition are still felt today. Ash Bhardwaj reflects on his first visit to Pakistan as someone who is half Indian and grew up in England.

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