Rescuers scoured debris in a desperate search for survivors on Friday four days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing nearly 22,000 people, as the United States offered an $85-million aid package.
The first UN aid deliveries arrived on Thursday in Syrian rebel-held zones, but chances of finding survivors have dimmed since the passing of the three-day mark that experts consider a critical period to save lives.
Her overjoyed father was in tears and the grieving nation cheered an agonisingly rare piece of good news. The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, travelled to strife-torn Aleppo, Syria. A decade of civil war and Syrian-Russian aerial bombardment had already destroyed hospitals, collapsed the economy and prompted electricity, fuel and water shortages.
Despite the cold, thousands of families had to spend the night in cars and makeshift tents -- too scared or banned from returning to their homes. Officials and medics said 18,342 people had died in Turkey and 3,377 in Syria from Monday's tremor, bringing the confirmed total to 21,719.Anger has mounted over the government's handling of the disaster.
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