Rescuers pulled out children Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll approached 24,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering for nearly one million people estimated to be in urgent need of food. | AFP
“That is a huge number and comes to a population already suffering mass displacement,” said Sivanka Dhanapala, the Syria representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
Volunteers prepare some food for quake-hit residents at a stadium in Kahramanmaras on February 10, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southeast earlier in the week. The UN’s rights chief called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria so aid could reach all victims of the earthquake.
Police on Friday detained a contractor trying to flee the country after his building collapsed in the catastrophic quake.One of the single biggest tragedies involved 24 Cypriot children between the ages of 11 and 14 who were in Turkey for a volleyball tournament when the quake swallowed their hotel.Turkish media reported that at least 19 people in the group — which included 15 accompanying adults — have now been confirmed dead.
Volunteers pack boxes with humanitarian aid for those affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, at the Turkish embassy in Bogota on February 10, 2023. “As this tragic event unfolds, people’s desperate plight must be addressed,” said International Committee of the Red Cross president Mirjana Spoljaric on a visit to quake-hit Aleppo in Syria.
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