![]() ![]() ![]() Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.Families are being crowded into tents with hundreds of other people, with limited access to clean water or appropriate sanitation facilities. Efforts there have been hampered by the civil war and the isolation of the rebel-held region along the border that is surrounded by Russia-backed government forces. International aid for Syria was far more sparse. Another 2,400 more are still expected to arrive. More than half of that number have sent a total of nearly 6,500 rescuers. The Foreign Ministry said 95 countries have offered help. Turkey’s disaster-management agency said more than 110,000 rescue personnel were now taking part in the effort and more than 5,500 vehicles, including tractors, cranes, bulldozers and excavators had been shipped. It was not clear how many people were still unaccounted for in both countries.Īmong the missing were members of a high-school volleyball team from northern Cyprus, as well as teachers and parents who had been staying in a hotel that collapsed, said Nazim Cavusoglu, the education minister in the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north, on Turkey’s NTV television. In Syria, which includes government-held and rebel-held areas, more than 3,100 have been reported dead and more than 5,000 injured. Turkish authorities said Thursday that the death toll had risen to more than 16,100 in the country, with more than 64,000 injured. The scale of loss and suffering remained massive. officials pleaded for humanitarian concerns to take precedence over wartime politics. is authorized to deliver aid through only one border crossing, and road damage has prevented that thus far. “We can’t give up our hope in God, but they entered the building with listening devices and dogs, and there was nothing.”Īuthorities called off search-and-rescue operations in the cities of Kilis and Sanliurfa, where destruction was not as severe as in other impacted regions.Īcross the border in Syria, assistance trickled in. “There’s no hope,” said Yilmaz, 67, who had six relatives, including a 3-month-old baby, trapped inside. ![]() Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Some in Turkey have complained the response was too slow - a perception that could hurt President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a time when he faces a tough battle for reelection in May. Winter weather and damage to roads and airports have hampered the response in both Turkey and Syria. “If people haven’t died from being stuck under the rubble, they’ll die from the cold.” “Especially in this cold, it is not possible to live here,” he said. Many of those who have lost their homes found shelter in tents, stadiums and other temporary accommodation, but others have slept outdoors. One survivor, Ahmet Tokgoz, called for the government to evacuate people from the region. In the Turkish city of Antakya, dozens scrambled for aid in front of a truck distributing children’s coats and other supplies. aid trucks to enter the rebel-controlled area from Turkey since the quake arrived, underscoring the difficulty of getting help to people in the country riven by civil war. ![]()
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