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New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000

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The death toll from the quake is now at 41 thousand across both Turkey and Syria. The first batch of aid has now entered rebel-held Syria through a newly opened crossing. But the country is still in the midst of a civil war, leaving residents in the rebel-held northwest in dire need of aid. FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin reports.

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