Emergency aid is pouring into Turkey’s southeast after Monday’s earthquakes – but why is it so much harder for aid to reach northern Syria? The region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and it was devastated by the disaster on both sides of the border, on top of years of conflict and displacement. With the death toll rising every day, will Syrians get the international spotlight they need?

In this episode:

• Ammar, NGO worker living in Gaziantep
• Emad, NGO worker living in Gaziantep
• Alper Ilki (@AlperIlki), President of Turkish Earthquake Foundation & Professor at Istanbul Technical University
• Dr. Zaher Sahloul (@Sahloul), President and Co-founder of MedGlobal

Find ways to donate to the earthquake disaster response here.

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Miranda Lin with Amy Walters and our host, Malika Bilal. Chloe K. Li, Ashish Malhotra, Amy Walters and Alexandra Locke fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Andy Greiner and Adam Abou Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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