'Opportunity' for Syria's Assad in quake outreach
Feb 10, 2023
Dubai [UAE], February 10: Syria's politically isolated President Bashar Al-Assad has received calls and aid from Arab leaders since a devastating earthquake Monday, a momentum analysts say he could leverage to bolster regional support. The 7.8-magnitude pre-dawn quake has killed more than 16,000 people in Turkey and neighboring Syria, already reeling from over a decade of conflict and years of economic sanctions.