BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING: Rescuers were scouring debris on Friday (Feb 10) nearly 100 hours after a massive earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria, killing at least 21,000 people in one of the region's worst disasters for a century. The first UN aid deliveries arrived on Thursday in Syrian rebel-held zones,
BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING: Rescuers were scouring debris on Friday nearly 100 hours after a massive earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria, killing at least 21,000 people in one of the region's worst disasters for a century.
"My dear, my dear!" he called out as rescuers pulled the teen out of the rubble and the watching crowd broke into applause. The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, said she had arrived in Aleppo. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council to authorise the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Türkiye and Syria.
Despite the cold, thousands of families had to spend the night in cars and makeshift tents - too scared or banned from returning to their homes. Officials and medics said 17,674 people had died in Türkiye and 3,377 in Syria from Monday's tremor, bringing the confirmed total to 21,051.Anger has mounted over the government's handling of the disaster.
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