The Bab al-Salam and al-Ra’ee crossings should be opened for three months to improve humanitarian aid in hard-to-reach earthquake-hit zones of Syria. Griffiths later said that Assad had agreed to open two more border crossings into Turkey, according to diplomats. SANA said the president also stressed the importance of focusing international efforts on helping to rebuild the infrastructure in Syria. Griffiths stressed that the United Nations is working to support relief efforts and meet the humanitarian needs of the Syrians, while Assad affirmed to Griffiths “the need for urgent aid to enter all areas in Syria, including areas under occupation and under the control of armed terrorist groups,” SANA reported. Griffiths met Syrian President Bashar Assad, SANA reported, with the two discussing the repercussions of the earthquake and the urgent humanitarian needs of the Syrian people to overcome these repercussions. UN aid chief Martin Griffiths arrived in Aleppo on Monday, according to Syrian state news agency SANA, amid heavy criticism of delays in earthquake aid. The tweet indicates that the group has given up on finding anyone else alive. The White Helmets rescue volunteer force said on Twitter: “The White Helmets declare official mourning throughout Syria, and we will fly flags at half-mast for seven days, starting today, Monday, February 13, to mourn the souls of the earthquake victims in #Syria and #Turkey, and we declare February 6 as a national day of mourning every year to commemorate the victims.” The situation in war-ravaged Syria is even more precarious, given that many people were already displaced within the country. Thousands of buildings collapsed in Turkey after Monday’s two massive quakes. As of Monday afternoon, more than 7,500 buildings had already collapsed or had to be urgently demolished, said Banu Aslan, director of the construction department, according to the Anadolu news agency. Inspections were being carried out by authorities to determine which buildings in the 10 affected provinces were still inhabitable. Nearly 400,000 people have been evacuated from the earthquake zones, said the presidential office. The disaster authority AFAD also said it had set up thousands of living containers. Meanwhile, around 176,000 tents have been set up in the worst-hit provinces of Turkey. Normally, a person can go about 72 hours without water, after which it becomes life-threatening. Survivors who are still being found now have had access to water, such as from rainwater or snow.
The chances for further rescues are slim. This is past the usual cut-off point for survival. In the southeastern region of Adiyaman, a 6-year-old girl was also found earlier in the day, 178 hours after the quakes, said Turkey’s Defense Ministry. Footage showed a volunteer holding his hand. BEIRUT - The devastating earthquakes in the Turkish-Syrian border region one week ago have left 1.2 million people in southeastern Turkey homeless, Turkey’s presidential office said Monday, as probably the last survivors were found under rubble.Ī 13-year-old boy was carried out on a stretcher alive Monday evening after spending 182 hours under rubble in the Hatay province of Turkey, state broadcaster TRT reported.
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