more than 5,800 people It is confirmed now dead in Syria after deadly Earthquakes that rocked southern Turkey last Monday.
the death fees in Across opposition-held northwest Syria 4,400, according to the United Nations agency for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA).
Meanwhile, no less than 1,414 people He died in Areas controlled by the Bashar al-Assad regime, according to health officials.
actual number of However, the losses could be much greater than the country remains Split between factions by the ten-year civil war, many bodies were reported to have been buried immediately after rescue, without any record.
Life did not exist easier for survivors either politics weighing on rush efforts in helps with Many are still waiting for sleeping tents outside in freeze weather.
efforts to help Promise survivors dead And hurt in Syria was marred by continuing divisions.
On Tuesday, the United Nations announced an agreement with Damascus on the UN aid delivery through two more Border crossings from Turkey into rebel-held areas of Northwest Syria, which was likely to be help in short term.
So far, only the United Nations has been allowed to deliver aid to Idlib area Through one crossing at Bab al-Hawa, and world body I was hard pressed to get it more heavy aid equipment In northwest Syria.
political gains
However, the decision It has been denounced before head of Syrian opposition-run Rescue groupsaying that this gave Assad “free political gains”.
“This is appalling and we are baffled how United Nations acting “Raed Al-Saleh, head of Rescue group Known as the White Helmets of Reuters.
A UN spokesman was not immediately available available for comment on The complaint.
The White Helmets are famous for rescue people Trapped in Buildings bombed during Syria more 10year civil war.
Meanwhile, big deliveries of Aid from Saudi Arabia and Qatar have also began to arrive in Ahead, the opposition-held enclave of Saleh said that the shipments of the United Nations.
“They will make big The difference is because they enter directly,” He said.
Russia was disturbed by the deal, with Its Foreign Ministry denounced an alleged Western attempt to provide “exclusive” aid to areas not controlled by the Syrians government.
“we on Day nine and we still hear the question of When will you get help? in. Yesterday we heard that two crossings might be opened, “Mahmoud Haffar, head of Local Council in Genders one of the worst-hit Communities in Northwestern Syria, according to the Associated Press.
“Hopefully there will be more international interaction and that international Aid comes to alleviate the severity of the crisis.”
“But so far no help has come,” he said.
Saudi aid reaches Aleppo
Also Tuesday, a first A Saudi relief plane carrying 35 tons of landed in governmentAleppo was seized on Tuesday, according to the Syrian state media.
The wealthy Gulf kingdom has raised about $50 million help Turkey and Syria. Saudi planes have landed before in Turkey and Saudi trucks have delivered some aid to impoverished, rebel-held northwest Syria.
Several other Arabs countries Loaded planes sent with aid to government- Designated Syria including Jordan, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Algeria, Iraq, Oman, Tunisia, Sudan and Libya have also Delivering aid to Damascus.
United nations team in Northwestern Syria
the first A UN delegation has been visiting northwest Syria, which has been under opposition control since then last earthquake of the week over From Turkey Tuesday, an AFP correspondent reported, with anger mounting over world body slow response.
Multiple agency mission This morning he went from Turkey side Crossing the border… It’s pretty much an assessment mission“Syria World Food Program director Ken Crosley told AFP in Geneva.
