The UN has called for the opening of more cross-border aid points between Turkey and Syria to deliver aid. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BAB AL-HAWA, SYRIA - The first batch of UN aid has reached Syrian rebel-held zones devastated by the Turkey-Syria earthquake, as the death toll from the disaster topped 21,000.“On my way to Syria, where WHO is supporting essential health care in the areas affected by the recent earthquake,” Mr Tedros tweeted.A bitter cold has hampered the search for survivors trapped in thousands of flattened buildings and threatened the lives of many quake victims who are without shelter and drinking water.
The 7.8-magnitude quake struck early Monday as people slept, in a region where many had already suffered loss and displacement due to Syria’s civil war. Four million people living in rebel-held areas of north-west Syria have had to rely on the Bab al-Hawa crossing as part of a cross-border aid operation authorised by the Security Council nearly a decade ago.
“I fear for anyone who is trapped under the rubble in this,” said Melek Halici, who wrapped her two-year-old daughter in a blanket as they watched rescuers working into the night. Officials and medics said 17,674 people had died in Turkey and 3,377 in Syria from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude tremor, bringing the confirmed total to at least 21,051.Anger has mounted over the government’s handling of the disaster.
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