Since the earthquake destroyed her home, Syrian teacher Suzanne Abdallah has lived in a small truck crammed with her family members, just a stone's throw from where their house stood. "Ten of us pile into this truck. We sleep sitting up," said the 42-year-old, wearing multiple layers of clothes and a wooled scarf wrapped around…
Her infant boy was sleeping in a makeshift hammock made from a blanket that was swinging from the packed vehicle’s roof, as seven other children were sharing a basic breakfast inside. Survivors of the powerful quake have since huddled in whatever places they could find, many sleeping in tents and vehicles, others huddling around fires outside.Abdallah’s father-in-law turned his vehicle into a makeshift home for his sons and their families, covering the top of the truck with blankets and rugs for added insulation.Around here, much of the district has been reduced to rubble, from which rescuers from the White Helmets group recovered more than 500 bodies.
At night, the women and children huddle inside them, under tattered plastic sheets and blankets, while Ahmed and the other men sleep under the stars.