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The Fifth Floor: Aid, politics and Syria’s earthquake

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Earthquake devastation in Idlib, Syria

17/03/2023 GMT

Aid, politics and Syria’s earthquake

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The challenges and opportunities posed by February’s earthquake in Syria

The challenges and opportunities posed by February’s earthquake in Syria.

February's earthquake spanned the Turkey-Syria border and refocused international attention on the complicated geopolitics of northern Syria.  We hear how the earthquake aid operation presented both challenges and opportunities to the different groups controlling Syria, from the government in Damascus to the rebel leaders of Idlib province. With BBC Monitoring jihadi expert Mina al-Lami and BBC Middle East correspondent Lina Sinjab. 

The handwritten newspaper of Bangladesh 
Since 2019, a handwritten newspaper has been published by a group of day labourers in southern Bangladesh. It aims to inspire others with stories of ordinary villagers who have overcome struggles and hardships, as BBC Bengali's Nagib Bahar reports.  

Venezuela: 10 years after the death of Hugo Chavez
Venezuelans have been marking the tenth anniversary of the death of former president Hugo Chavez, one of the most controversial, charismatic and influential politicians in Latin American history.  As a child, teenager and then young reporter, BBC Mundo’s Jorge Perez witnessed some of the key moments of Chavez’s rule.  

Searching for gems of hope 
For four decades local people have been mining semi-precious stones in the mountainous Chumar Bakhoor area of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan.  BBC Urdu’s Musa Yawari travelled into the mountains to meet the miners as they brave hazardous conditions hoping to make their fortunes.

(Photo: A man in Idlib province carrying the body of a child after the Turkey-Syria earthquake. Credit: Mohammed Al-Rifai/AFP via Getty images)

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