More than 20,000 people were killed and tens of thousands injured in the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, according to the latest figures released by officials in those countries. The media reported that among the victims there is a boy of Serbian origin. The Serbian Interior Ministry is sending additional rescue forces to Turkey.
Rescue teams search for survivors in thousands of ruined buildings despite freezing weather and after 125 aftershocks in the region.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan admitted that there were lapses in public administration at the beginning of the tragedy, but appreciated that the situation is now under control. N1 is transmitted.
Meanwhile, Western sanctions are complicating efforts to get aid to Syria.
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria now stands at at least 20,451, according to official figures.
Turkey’s death toll has risen to more than 17,000, according to the Turkish Emergency and Disaster Management Agency.
The death toll in Syria has topped 3,300, including 1,970 in rebel-held areas in the northwest, according to the White Helmets. A total of 1,347 deaths have been reported in parts of the country under Syrian regime control, state media reported.
Aid agencies have warned that the death toll will only rise, especially in Syria, where rescue teams are searching for survivors in thousands of collapsed buildings despite very cold weather and a high risk of aftershocks.
A mother and her six-year-old daughter were rescued tonight from a collapsed house in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, 68 hours after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. RTS.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said senior UN official Martin Griffith will visit Gaziantep in Turkey and Aleppo and Damascus in Syria this weekend to assess people’s needs and see how the United Nations can best help.
He pointed out that more aid needed to be sent to the northwest of Syria, which is under opposition control.
“Roads are damaged, people are dying.” The time has come to explore all possibilities for collecting aid and sending personnel to the area affected by the earthquake. We have to put people first,” Guterres told reporters in New York.
An eight-year-old girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Türkiye’s earthquake-hit Kahramanmaras province.
"How did you get in the house" was one of the first questions she asked rescuers#TurkiyeQuakes pic.twitter.com/Qk7eZUpHAh
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Officials said six trucks passed through the Bab el-Hawa checkpoint in Idlib.
The delivery of rescue aid to the region was suspended for four days due to damaged roads and logistical problems.
Rescuers say at least 1,900 people have died and hundreds of families are trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Even before the earthquake, 4.1 million residents, mostly women and children, relied on humanitarian aid to survive.
