Turkey Quake Syria Burials USAGM
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- Turkey Quake Syria Burials USAGM
- February 20, 2023
- Cemeteries Overwhelmed as Quake Victims Return to Syria for Burial
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TURKE QUAKE – SYRIA BURIALS HEADLINE: Cemeteries Overwhelmed as Quake Victims Return to Syria for Burial TEASER: Bodies of Syrians who sought sanctuary in Turkey from the civil war are returned for burial in Syria as cemeteries struggle to cope PUBLISHED AT: 02/20/2023, 1:30PM BYLINE: Dorian Jones CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: ISTANBUL VIDEOGRAPHER: Mouneb Taim, Moawia Atrash, Ahmad Fallaha PRODUCER SCRIPT EDITORS: sv, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VO PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:33 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[The bodies of Syrians killed in Turkey's earthquake are being returned home for burial, overwhelming local cemeteries. Millions of Syrians fled to Turkey to seek refuge from the civil war. Dorian Jones reports from Syria.]] ((NARRATOR)) At the Syrian rebel-controlled Bab Al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, the bodies of those killed in the deadly earthquakes return home. For their loved ones, it's a painful wait. Khaled Hilal Asaad Rostom’s brother, Muhammad, died while visiting his daughter who was being treated in a Turkish hospital. ((Khaled Hilal Asaad Rostom, Brother of Quake Victim- original ((male in Arabic)) (VOA original) “Hours before the earthquake happened, Muhammad told us that his child was in good health, but she had to finish her treatment. He said on Thursday he would come for a visit his family in Syria and then return to Turkey to be alongside his daughter. Only hours after the call, we heard that the devastating earthquake killed him.” Millions of Syrians have found refuge from the civil war just across the border in Turkey, many in cities hit hard by the quakes. Officials in Syria’s rebel controlled Idlib province are themselves dealing with the quakes’ impact and while also helping to facilitate the return bodies from Turkey. [[RADIO VERSION:Mazen Alloush is the Idlib media spokesperson]] ((Mazen Alloush- Idlib Media Spokesman (original ((male in Arabic)) “The toll of victims that we received through the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing since the first day of the earthquake until today has reached 1530 dead who've been handed over to their families.” ((NARRATOR)) Khaled Hilal now takes his brother, Muhammed, on his final journey back to the Syrian city of Binnish. ((NARRATOR)) The cemetery is overwhelmed, but the local community is coming together to help. [[RADIO VERSION: Aziz Al Asmar is a volunteer to help with the burials.]] ((Aziz Al-Asmar – Cemetary Volunteer ((male in Arabic) (VOA original)) “As the people of the city of Binnish, we made an initiative by the city's youth to help bury the dead, and this was the least duty we could do and the only thing available that we could help with. It was very sad because we were watching the families being buried, I mean the mother, father, and children together, buried in the same cemetery mass graves. The scene was very sad.” ((NARRATOR)) Among the many quake victims buried, Khaled Hilal lays his brother to rest in a mass grave. ((Khaled Hilal Asaad Rostom, Brother of Quake Victim ((male in Arabic)) “The truth is that my brother was the only breadwinner for his family and children. If the hospitals and medicine here in Syria were good, he would not have left to get his daughter treated in Turkey.” ((NARRATOR)) While the dead are buried in a mass grave, efforts are made to give as many as possible a temporary gravestone for loved ones and family to remember those they've lost. ((Dorian Jones, for VOA News, Istanbul))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TURKE QUAKE – SYRIA BURIALS HEADLINE: Cemeteries Overwhelmed as Quake Victims Return to Syria for Burial TEASER: Bodies of Syrians who sought sanctuary in Turkey from the civil war are returned for burial in Syria as cemeteries struggle to cope PUBLISHED AT: 02/20/2023, 1:30PM BYLINE: Dorian Jones CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: ISTANBUL VIDEOGRAPHER: Mouneb Taim, Moawia Atrash, Ahmad Fallaha PRODUCER SCRIPT EDITORS: sv, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VO PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:33 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG UPDATE: )) ((INTRO)) [[The bodies of Syrians killed in Turkey's earthquake are being returned home for burial, overwhelming local cemeteries. Millions of Syrians fled to Turkey to seek refuge from the civil war. Dorian Jones reports from Syria.]] ((NARRATOR)) At the Syrian rebel-controlled Bab Al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, the bodies of those killed in the deadly earthquakes return home. For their loved ones, it's a painful wait. Khaled Hilal Asaad Rostom’s brother, Muhammad, died while visiting his daughter who was being treated in a Turkish hospital. ((Khaled Hilal Asaad Rostom, Brother of Quake Victim- original ((male in Arabic)) (VOA original) “Hours before the earthquake happened, Muhammad told us that his child was in good health, but she had to finish her treatment. He said on Thursday he would come for a visit his family in Syria and then return to Turkey to be alongside his daughter. Only hours after the call, we heard that the devastating earthquake killed him.” Millions of Syrians have found refuge from the civil war just across the border in Turkey, many in cities hit hard by the quakes. Officials in Syria’s rebel controlled Idlib province are themselves dealing with the quakes’ impact and while also helping to facilitate the return bodies from Turkey. [[RADIO VERSION:Mazen Alloush is the Idlib media spokesperson]] ((Mazen Alloush- Idlib Media Spokesman (original ((male in Arabic)) “The toll of victims that we received through the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing since the first day of the earthquake until today has reached 1530 dead who've been handed over to their families.” ((NARRATOR)) Khaled Hilal now takes his brother, Muhammed, on his final journey back to the Syrian city of Binnish. ((NARRATOR)) The cemetery is overwhelmed, but the local community is coming together to help. [[RADIO VERSION: Aziz Al Asmar is a volunteer to help with the burials.]] ((Aziz Al-Asmar – Cemetary Volunteer ((male in Arabic) (VOA original)) “As the people of the city of Binnish, we made an initiative by the city's youth to help bury the dead, and this was the least duty we could do and the only thing available that we could help with. It was very sad because we were watching the families being buried, I mean the mother, father, and children together, buried in the same cemetery mass graves. The scene was very sad.” ((NARRATOR)) Among the many quake victims buried, Khaled Hilal lays his brother to rest in a mass grave. ((Khaled Hilal Asaad Rostom, Brother of Quake Victim ((male in Arabic)) “The truth is that my brother was the only breadwinner for his family and children. If the hospitals and medicine here in Syria were good, he would not have left to get his daughter treated in Turkey.” ((NARRATOR)) While the dead are buried in a mass grave, efforts are made to give as many as possible a temporary gravestone for loved ones and family to remember those they've lost. ((Dorian Jones, for VOA News, Istanbul))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date February 20, 2023 13:42 EST
- Byline Dorian Jones
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America