DARKUSH, Syria: At a hospital in Syria, Osama Abdel Hamid was holding back tears as he recalled on Monday the powerful earthquake that toppled his home and killed his neighbors, along with hundreds of his compatriots.

"We were fast asleep when we felt a huge earthquake," Abdel Hamid told Agence France-Presse (AFP) at Al-Rahma hospital in northwestern Idlib province, where he was being treated for a head injury.

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