CEP Research Analyst Gregory Waters writes: "But rebuilding all that has been destroyed is another matter. The scale of the destruction and its random nature have left residents comparing the quake to a months-long regime offensive occurring in a single night. Aftershocks and the third, smaller earthquake on Feb. 20 have left residents wracked with fear and paranoia that another major quake is imminent. It is a brutal nightmare three years into a ceasefire that had begun to breathe new life into the region. Idlib is not helpless, its residents have demonstrated their resiliency for over a decade of war and siege, but they cannot rebuild from the layers of crises that have built up over 12 years on their own."