Quake-stricken refugees in Turkey lament delay in aid deliveries to Syria Syrian refugees have been among those hardest hit by the devastating February 6 earthquakes. Among those sheltering in Kilis, a southeastern Turkish city a few kilometres from the border, the trauma of the quakes come on top of the ravages of the Syrian civil war and the hardships of exile. The knowledge that getting much-needed international aid into Syria will be even harder than getting it to Turkey only adds to the heartache.