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Civil War Enabled Syria to Respond Quickly to Earthquakes, President Says

© Sputnik / Go to the mediabankSyrian President Bashar Assad speaks to RIA Novosti, Sputnik's sister agency. October 2020.
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to RIA Novosti, Sputnik's sister agency. October 2020. - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.02.2023
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CAIRO (Sputnik) - Syrian President Bashar Assad said on Thursday that the experience from the civil war, ongoing since 2011, had allowed the country to act quickly in the first hours of the devastating earthquakes.
"Although this war has drained many national resources and weakened the ability to withstand a greater number of crises, it has given the Syrian society the experience and strength to respond quickly and effectively in the first hours of the earthquake," Assad said in his address to the public, as broadcast by Syrian media.
At the same time, the scale of the recent earthquakes has greatly exceeded the country's capabilities, the Syrian president said, adding that the society also managed to surpass the available capacities when dealing with the consequences of the disaster.
In addition, Assad commended the urgent assistance from friendly and "brotherly" countries that had supported the national efforts to mitigate the aftermath of the earthquakes and rescue the victims.
An aerial view shows collapsed buildings following last week's earthquake in Syria's rebel-held village of Atarib, in the northwestern Aleppo province, on February 14, 2023. - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.02.2023
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