When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad's family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour - giving birth to her third child in hospital a few hours later.
The journey to hospital had been difficult, with "many deaths and damage around us", she said, before rescue workers guided them to safety.
"May God protect him, give him a good life and not deprive me of him," she said of her new son, named Najm al-Din Mahmoud.Even after he was born, mother and baby faced danger. A big aftershock struck later that day as they lay in an upstairs maternity ward.Fatmah Ahmad, holds her new born baby Najm al-Din Mahmoud, who was born on the same day of the earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Firas MakdesiUnable to move, they were left alone as the doctors fled for safety.
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