Syria earthquake: A year on, 'situation is devastating'

For Maryam abo Atban, it’s hard to believe an entire year has passed since her life was wrecked by a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

Memories of the early hours of February 6, 2023, remain painfully vivid for the 42-year-old mother.

“When the sun rose, half of my family was dead,” she said. “We now live in a tent, only a few meters from the place where two of our children died in the rubble of our house,” she told DW in Jindires, a small town in northwestern Syria .

“My husband…