More than 140 trucks carrying humanitarian aid have crossed into opposition-held northwest Syria from Turkey since major earthquakes hit the two neighbours. countries on February 6, the United Nations said on Friday.
Since the 9th of February up to last night, we had total of 143 trucks pass through the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salama crossings,” said Jens Laerke, spokesman for the ministry. for The United Nations agency for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) told reporters in Geneva.
The movements continue today over Weekends will continue every day for As long as the needs are there.”
Eleven days after the earthquake that killed more from 41,000 people in Turkey and Syria, situation in Northwestern Syria, which is controlled by the opposition remains Terribly slow arrival of help for region Destroyed by years of conflict.
Before the earthquake hit, almost all the critical humanitarian aid for the more of four million people Living there it was delivered through just one Bab al-Hawa crossing.
Operations there were temporarily disrupted due to earthquake damage.
He. She took Four days to get help moving through this border crossing againAnd earlier this week, the Assad regime agreed to allow United Nations to open other border crossings to help Bring in more helps.
“We expect trucks to pass by every day,” Larke said.
He pointed out that aid has so far flowed through the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salama crossings, but no trucks have passed through the third al-Rai crossing.
“This does not mean that it will not come, but it is a little further from the center and the UN monitoring mechanism that inspects all of “Help that comes,” he said.
Larque said the trucks that have crossed since the earthquake were carrying “a crowd of people of help from six United Nations Agencies: International Organization for Migration, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations Population Fund, United Nations Children’s Agency, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Program and World Health Organization.
He added, “The aid has so far included tents, non-food items such as mattresses, blankets, winter clothes, cholera testing kits, basic medicines, and World Food Program food.”
