The Emirates pledge $13 million in aid to Syria
The United Arab Emirates on Monday pledged aid valued at around $13.6 million to Syria after the earthquake. Emirati Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum has “ordered the dispatch of urgent humanitarian aid to those affected in Syria”, the official WAM news agency reported.
New 5.6 magnitude earthquake reported in central Turkey
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck central Turkey early on Tuesday, reports the European Seismological Watch Center.
International aid is organized, dozens of countries mobilized
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday declared seven days of national mourning in Turkey, after the earthquakes who have at this stage made a provisional toll of more than 3,800 dead in the country and in Syria. After a “historic” drama, “the worst disaster since 1939” in Turkey according to Erdoganmany countries are getting organized to provide international aid.
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Syria promises UN to deliver aid to ‘all Syrians’
The Syrian ambassador to the United Nations, relaying Damascus’ request for aid after the devastating earthquake, assured the UN on Monday that this aid would go “to all Syrians throughout the territory”, part of which is not under government control.
In Turkey, at least 2,921 dead and 15,834 injured
The violent earthquake that shook southeastern Turkey on Monday killed 2,921 people and injured 15,834, the official Turkish relief organization Afad announced on Tuesday morning.
This new count brings the total death toll in Turkey and Syria to 4,365, in a series of earthquakes among the most violent to hit the region for almost a century.
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Welcome to this live broadcast dedicated to monitoring the evolution of the situation in Turkey and Syria, countries hit by two earthquakes on Monday.
