The death toll from Monday’s massive earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has passed 23,700 as pressure mounts on the United Nations to provide urgent aid to northwestern Syria, which was already in dire need of humanitarian assistance due to 12 years of civil war and international sanctions.
Ankara, February 10 (RHC)-- The death toll from Monday’s massive earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has passed 23,700 as pressure mounts on the United Nations to provide urgent aid to northwestern Syria, which was already in dire need of humanitarian assistance due to 12 years of civil war and international sanctions.
Aid groups have escalated demands on Turkey’s government to allow in more cross-border aid and are warning of a “secondary disaster” amid worsening conditions in rebel-held areas of northern Syria.
Meanwhile, authorities in the hardest-hit regions of Turkey have begun burying the dead in mass graves.
