At graveyard of unknown quake victims, Syrians seek news of the missing


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  • Monday, 20 Mar 2023

FILE PHOTO: A girl walks as she carries a child past tents erected for the internally displaced following an earthquake, on a land that was previously a driving school, in the rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria March 4, 2023. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) - The simple gravestone of a girl killed in last month's earthquake in Syria bears no name, but notes she was wearing a green sweater at the time of her burial, a description left in the hope it may help someone identify her.

The bodies of up to 70 unidentified people have been buried in the cemetery in the northern Syrian town of Jandaris since the devastating Feb. 6 earthquake

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