As the hope of finding survivors in the rubble fades, focus is beginning to shift to the millions left homeless by the disaster.
Aid has been slow to reach the worst-hit parts of the country, where years of civil war have already left vital infrastructure ill-equipped.
While aid convoys have now been able to cross the border from Turkey, Syria is still staring down the barrel of a vast humanitarian crisis.
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