The death toll from the massive earthquake in Türkiye and Syria kept on climbing Thursday, topping 21,000 as the first UN aid reached Syrian rebel-held zones but hopes of finding more survivors faded.
February 10, 2023 6:15am
Relatives were left scouring body bags laid out in a hospital car park in Turkey's southern city of Antakya to search for missing relatives, an indication of the scale of the tragedy. But in a potentially life-saving development, an aid convoy reached rebel-held northwestern Syria earlier in the day, the first since the quake, an official at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing told AFP.The crossing is the only way UN assistance can reach civilians without going through areas controlled by Syrian government forces.
"This is the moment of unity, it's not a moment to politicize or to divide but it is obvious that we need massive support," Guterres said. "I fear for anyone who is trapped under the rubble in this," said Melek Halici, who wrapped her two-year-old daughter in a blanket as they watched rescuers working into the night.
Officials and medics said 17,674 people had died in Turkey and 3,377 in Syria from Monday's 7.8-magnitude tremor, bringing the confirmed total to 21,051.Anger has mounted over the government's handling of the disaster.
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