A violent earthquake of magnitude 7.8 shook southern Turkey and neighboring Syria today, Monday February 6, 2023, killing at least 1,400 people in both countries, according to a still provisional report.
Following this terrible natural disaster, aid began to be organized at the international level. And it is in this sense that the President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune has just ordered the dispatch of a civil protection group to Turkey.
The President of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, ordered the dispatch of a civil protection team to the Republic of Turkey to help with rescue and relief operations.
The civil protection team is made up of 89 civil protection helpers and doctors, in addition to the Chinese technical team, which is arriving in Turkey tonight to take part in the rescue operation.
The Minister of the Interior and Local Communities, Ibrahim Mourad, who was at the National Training and Intervention Unit in Algiers, during his supervision of the launch of the civil protection team, said underlined the competence and professionalism of civil protection personnel, also welcoming their responsiveness to participate in the solidarity process.
