Dublin woman sees hope as earthquake victim goes to college

Civil defence workers and residents search through the rubble of collapsed buildings in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, on February 6. Picture: AP

The victims of the ongoing Syrian war, be they dead, disfigured or displaced have been bypassed in the news cycle given the conflicts in Ukraine and neighbouring Israel/Gaza.

Almost four million of those 13m displaced Syrians remain in Turkey, where, just 10 months ago, an earthquake registering 7.8 on the Richter Scale led to at least 50,000 deaths. The forgotten natural disaster, adjacent to the forgotten war.