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Syria's Assad visits Aleppo hospital in first reported trip to quake-hit area

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits an elderly woman at Aleppo university hospital, Syria, in this handout released by Syrian Presidency on February 10, 2023. SYRIAN PRESIDENCY/Handout via REUTERS

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited the Aleppo University Hospital, the presidency said on Friday, his first reported trip to an earthquake-hit area.

The presidency shared images of Assad and his wife visiting people who were injured in the devastating earthquake which has killed thousands.

(Reporting by Timour Azhari, Writing by Clauda Tanios; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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