Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed on Thursday that the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey had risen to 14,014, in addition to more than 63,000 injured, adding in a statement during a visit to Gaziantep hit by a natural disaster: the earthquake destroyed more than 6,400 buildings , and that Turkey intends to build new 3- and 4-story buildings in the area within one year. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited attempts to use the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country for political interests, confirming that the law on declaring a state of emergency was published today for a period of 3 months.
In addition, the Russian army opened its strategic warehouses at the Khmeimim base and began their urgent distribution to the victims of the earthquake in the Latakia governorate, and a Sputnik correspondent in Latakia said: the Khmeimim base and distribute them to the victims before the arrival of relief supplies from Russian lands.
Major General Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria, said that the Russian army rescued 42 Syrian citizens trapped under the rubble and recovered the bodies of 57 people who were not lucky enough to survive.
“More than 11 tons of food and essentials have been delivered to the population at 8 humanitarian aid distribution points in Syria, medical assistance has been provided to 194 citizens through the center,” Yegorov added in the message.
In severe frost, rescuers race against time to find survivors stuck under the rubble.
According to UN Special Representative Geir Pedersen, the UN received assurances that some of the emergency aid “passed on Thursday” through the only open border crossing between Turkey and northwestern Syria.
Bad weather complicates rescue efforts, and the first 72 hours are “critical” for finding survivors, according to Turkish Red Crescent head Kerem Kinik.
“All of a sudden we heard voices, and thanks to the excavator…we were immediately able to hear three people at the same time,” one of the rescuers, Alperin Setinkayanos, said.
Criticism on the Internet of the government’s handling of this tragedy is growing, and no help or rescuers arrived on Tuesday in the ruined and snow-covered city of Kahramanmaras, with a population of more than a million people, with one asking: “Where is the state? Where is she? .. Two days passed, and we did not see anyone, the children froze to death. there is no way to prepare for such a disaster.”
On Thursday, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen confirmed that Syrians affected by the devastating earthquake in their country and Turkey last Monday need “more of everything without exception” in regards to aid, adding in a press release. Statement in Geneva: The United Nations has received confirmation that first aid will be flown from Turkey to Syria, calling for assurances that there will be no political obstacles to getting aid to where it is most needed.
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Several babies were found under the rubble
An aircraft owned by the Turkish President, intended to assist in rescue operations, delivered several babies climbing out of the wreckage to the capital Ankara, and the identity cards of 14 of them were found along with their data, while the identities of two of them were not were found, so paper was attached to each of them. The phrase “Baby of debris.”
A team of paramedics and staff from the Department of Children’s Affairs of the Ministry of Family and Welfare escorted the babies to the plane’s landing at Esenboga Airport in Ankara on Wednesday night to Thursday, and then took them to the hospital for a general examination. and then transferred to a social care home.
The 14 known children will remain in the nursing home until it is clear to their families and will be handed over to them if they are alive. The other two will remain in the nursing home under the supervision of the Ministry of Family and Welfare.
