the death fees in The number of victims of a devastating earthquake in Syria has exceeded 2,500, according to the Syrian state media and rescue service operating in the opposition-held northwest.
Save the White Helmets team He said on Twitter casualty toll in Opposition-held areas rose to more Of the 1,280 deaths and more of 2,600 wounded.
The number is expected to reach rise largely because of existence of hundreds of families under rubble, more out of 50 hours after the earthquake,” the wh wrote.
Overnight Syrian health minister Number said of dead in government portable parts of the state rose to 1,250,run newsletter news I mentioned an outlet on Telegram feed. the number of He said that the number of wounded is 2054.
The war-torn country has called on United Nations and all Member States help with Rescue efforts, health services, shelter and food aid.
The United Nations said it was “exploring all avenues” to get supplies into opposition-held northwest Syria, and released $25 million from its emergency fund to help kick-start humanitarian response in Turkey and Syria.
United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the way leading to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Turkey into northern Syria, temporarily disrupting aid deliveries to opposition-held areas. He said the crossing itself was “actually intact”.
Bab al-Hawa is the only crossing through which UN aid is allowed to enter area.
Dujarric said the United Nations is preparing a convoy to cross conflict lines inside Syria. But that will likely require a new an agreement with Bashar al-Assad government, which laid siege to opposition-held areas throughout the civil war.
Dujarric said that Syrian refugees are made in Turkey up more from 1.7 million of The 15 million people They inhabit the ten districts affected by the earthquake.
In Syria – including opposition-held areas – the US agency for international development says partner humanitarian organisations of United State already Providing emergency assistance to earthquake victims, Stephen Allen, Leader of United States Agency for USAID Disaster Response team to reporters in Ankara.
Earlier today, Monday, violent earthquakes hit Idlib, Aleppo, Hama, Latakia and Raqqa. of Syria by country-run Sana’a news an agency.
hundreds of buildings were also destroyed or damaged in opposition-held areas in Northern Syria, where the rescue is teams They search frantically for survivors.
more than 6234 people They died so far in Turkey in The quakes had a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6, according to the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).
According to the agency, both earthquakes originated in Southern Province of Kahramanmaraş.
