‘Where are they?’ Anger in north-west Syria at slow earthquake response

Survivors in Jindires feel forgotten by the world, and have particular scorn for UN’s dealings with Assad

Ruqaya Mohammed Mustafa stood next to her few remaining neighbours and the heaped piles they once called home and wearily welcomed the first visitors she had seen since the earthquake last week.

All this time, she and the people of Jindires, in northern Syria, had been begging for help. First to dig survivors from the rubble, then to provide shelter and food in the cruel grip of winter.