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Latest earthquake news in Turkey and Syria: more than 28,000 dead and tens of thousands injured

2023-02-11T21:39:51.401Z


More than 28,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, authorities said.


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People await news of their loved ones, believed to be trapped under a collapsed building on February 11, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey.

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3 mins ago

Earthquake death toll tops 28,000 in Turkey and Syria

By Talia Kayali, Raja Razek

The death toll in Turkey and Syria after Monday's earthquake reached 28,192 on Saturday.

The death toll in Turkey rose to 24,617, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told a news conference.

In Syria, the total number of deaths stands at 3,575, including 2,167 in rebel-held areas in the northwest, according to the White Helmets civil defense group, and 1,408 deaths in government-controlled parts of Syria, according to state media. Syrians, citing the health ministry on Saturday.

3 hours ago

Turkish authorities arrest those responsible for buildings that collapsed in the earthquake

By Niamh Kennedy, Isil Saruyuce

Turkish authorities arrested several of those responsible for the construction of the buildings that collapsed in the catastrophic earthquake on Monday, according to the Turkish state news agency Anadolu.

Hasan Alpargün, owner of the company that built some of the destroyed buildings in the city of Adana, was arrested on Saturday in Nicosia, Cyprus, according to Anadolu.

This comes as Adana city prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for 62 people in connection with an investigation into buildings destroyed by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.

Mehmet Yaşar Coşkun, the contractor responsible for Rönesans Residence, a luxury high-rise apartment block that collapsed in Hatay province, was also arrested on Saturday.

Coşkun was stopped by authorities at Istanbul airport on Friday when he was trying to flee to Montenegro, according to Anadolu.

Finally, contractor İbrahim Mustafa Uncuoğlu was detained in Istanbul on Saturday after his inspections of the Bahar Apartments that collapsed at the epicenter of the Gaziantep earthquake turned out to be flawed.

2 hours ago

The survival window is closing, but there have been extraordinary rescues in Turkey and Syria.

here is a list

By Amarachi Orie

The smile of a baby after being rescued from the rubble in Turkey

Five days after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, teams scramble to save victims who may still be alive under the rubble, with a UN liaison official in Turkey warning that "it will be are nearing the end of the search and rescue window."

Calling on the international community to "act immediately" to provide humanitarian aid to Syria, Syrian-American actor Jay Abdo told CNN on Saturday that civilians were "racing against time" to rescue their loved ones.

Rescuers with recently rescued 8-year-old boy Yigit after 52 hours after the earthquake in Hatay, Turkey (Burak Kara/Getty Images)

More than 25,000 people have died in both countries, according to authorities.

However, in the midst of the tragedy, miraculous scenes of survival and rescue have taken place, even days after the quake.

Here is a list of survivors who, against all odds, were found in the rubble:

  • Abdulkerim Bey, 67, and his wife, Senem, were found under rubble during the sixth day of rescues by the gendarmerie search and rescue team in Kahramanmaras on Saturday, according to CNN affiliate CNN Turk.

  • A 16-year-old boy named Hedil was also rescued alive from the Zümrüt apartment in Kahramanmaras, CNN Turk reports.

  • In Gaziantep, Turkey, 132 hours after the earthquake, Sezai Karabas was rescued shortly after his young daughter.

    According to CNN Turk, he pleaded with rescuers to search for his wife, who believed she was still alive in a doorway.

    “I am forever in your debt,” he told rescuers.

  • Around the same time, rescuers pulled a 34-year-old man, Ergin Guzeldogan, from the depths of rubble in Hatay province, Istanbul Municipality video showed.

  • A 70-year-old woman, named Menekse Tabak, was pulled from the rubble in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, 121 hours after the earthquake.

  • A 16-year-old boy was pulled alive from the rubble in the same region a few hours earlier.

    Another adolescent survivor, a 14-year-old boy, was found after 24 hours.

  • The same city saw the discovery of several families, including two brothers and their mother who were rescued after 78 hours, and a mother and her 6-year-old daughter who were found after 68 hours.

  • In what a CNN Turk reporter called a "miraculous escape," six people, including a child, were pulled alive from the rubble in the 60th hour in central Kahramanmaras.

  • The sisters, Fatma and Merve Demir, were rescued from under the concrete in Turkey on Wednesday, after spending 62 hours under a collapsed building.

  • A similar situation occurred in Syria, where two children were trapped in concrete for 36 hours, with one sister protecting the other, before being rescued.

  • A boy, 8-year-old Yigit Cakmak, was rescued from a collapsed building in Turkey's Hatay province, 52 hours after the initial earthquake struck the region.

    He was captured in his mother's arms after they were reunited.

  • A 10-year-old girl was found alive in the same region after 90 hours, where a 21-year-old man was rescued six hours earlier.

  • A newborn girl was found alive in Syria on Tuesday with her umbilical cord still attached to her mother, who is believed to have died after giving birth.

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3 hours ago

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country 'shares the pain' of the Turkish people

By Mariya Knight

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signs a statement of condolences for Turkey in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 11, 2023. (Turkish Embassy in Kyiv/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the Turkish Embassy in Ukraine on Saturday and honored the memory of those who died as a result of the devastating earthquake that has already claimed the lives of more than 25,000 people.

“Please accept my sincerest condolences personally and on behalf of the people of Ukraine.

The terrible tragedy that claimed so many lives in one moment caused deep pain in our hearts.

We share the pain of the Turkish people and help in this difficult time.

Eternal memory of the deceased.

We wish those who suffered a speedy recovery,” Zelensky said.

The Ukrainian president wrote in a book of condolences and laid flowers on the embassy grounds.

He also spoke with the Turkish ambassador to Ukraine Yagmur Ahmet Guldere during his visit.

Zelensky said in his Saturday night speech that the State Emergency Service of Ukraine is helping with the removal of rubble in Turkey.

He added that the Ukrainian Embassy is investigating Ukrainian citizens in Turkey who may have been affected by the earthquake.

3 hours ago

The humanitarian phase of the earthquake will last for months, says the leader of the International Red Cross

Recovery in Turkey after the devastating earthquake has now entered the "humanitarian phase," according to Jamie LeSueur, head of emergency operations for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

As his team progresses from search and rescue operations, the greatest needs for those affected in Turkey continue to be food, health and water, LeSueur told CNN from Gaziantep.

“We have now entered the humanitarian phase.

That's going to last a couple of months, where we'll still try to meet people's basic needs,” LeSueur said.

The organization is receiving many winterized tents at the moment due to the cold weather, but is looking into pre-made transitional shelter options, he said.

Most of the population is too afraid to enter, even if their houses have not been completely destroyed.

“We want to get them out of the humanitarian phase as quickly as possible, into something sustainable and transitional that will keep them safe for a long time,” the crisis responder said.

LeSueur added that his team is preparing for any eventuality, including the spread of disease, and coordinating with the Turkish Red Crescent on sanitation needs.

The Red Cross is well positioned to address needs in southern Turkey, he said, but also in the hardest-hit areas of northwestern Syria, where aid has been more difficult due to years of civil war.

"In Turkey, we have set up an operation going to the Syrian border, and in Syria, we are using the Syrian Arab Red Crescent going up to the Turkish border; we are trying to cover the entire operational area with two national societies," he said.

5 hours ago

Earthquake death toll rises to 25,880 in Turkey and Syria

By Talia Kayali, Raja Razek

The death toll in Turkey and Syria following Monday's earthquake has reached 25,880, with more than 85,000 injured.

The death toll in Turkey rose to 22,327, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said at a news conference on Saturday.

In Syria, the total number of deaths stands at 3,553, including 2,166 in rebel-held areas in the northwest, according to the White Helmets civil defense group, and 1,387 deaths in government-held parts of Syria, according to state media. Syria.

More than 85,554 people have been injured, with 80,278 in Turkey, according to Koca.

More than 2,950 in Syria's opposition-controlled areas, according to the White Helmets, and 2,326 in Syrian government-controlled areas, according to Syrian state media.

5 hours ago

Vehicles carrying aid and bodies of earthquake victims cross into northwestern Syria from Turkey

By Eyad Kourdi, Celine Alkhaldi

Vehicles carrying the bodies of hundreds of Syrians killed in this week's earthquake crossed into northwestern Syria from Turkey on Saturday, a spokesman for the Bab al-Hawa border crossing told CNN.

The bodies of at least 1,000 fatalities have crossed the Bab al-Hawa so they can be buried in their home country, spokesman Mazen Alloush told CNN.

Other vehicles carrying aid and fuel also passed through the crossing on Saturday, Alloush said, including 22 United Nations trucks carrying medical aid.

Another 15 trucks carried clothing, water and food from Turkish charities in collaboration with the Turkish Humanitarian Aid Foundation, Alloush said.

More information on aid deliveries to the area:

The delivery of urgent supplies to the quake-affected areas of northern Syria has been complicated by a long-running civil war between opposition forces and the Syrian government, led by the President Bashar al-Assad, accused of killing his own people.

The Syrian government on Friday approved the shipment of aid to rebel-held territories, but has not provided a specific timetable.

So far, that has left rebel-held areas dependent on aid groups, including the UN.

7 hours ago

Rescuers save father and daughter and a 34-year-old man during the 132nd hour of rescue efforts in Turkey

By Niamh Kennedy, Amy Croffey, Isil Sariyuce

Rescuers in Turkey saved a father and daughter and a 34-year-old man during the 132nd hour of rescue efforts in the southern region hit by Monday's catastrophic earthquake.

In a video shared with CNN by the Istanbul Municipality, a rescue team can be seen lifting a 34-year-old man, Ergin Guzeldogan, from deep below the ground in Hatay province.

Rescuers in Gaziantep, Turkey, also managed to rescue father Sezai Karabas and his young daughter, Şengul Karabas during the 132nd hour of rescue efforts there on Saturday.

In video shared with CNN by its affiliate station, CNN Turk, the father can be heard pleading with rescuers to find his wife, who he believes is still alive and trapped in a doorway.

"I will always be in your debt," Karabas can be heard telling rescuers, imploring them to help him find his wife, who he said ran ahead of him when the quake struck on Monday.

7 hours ago

The death toll following the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 25,000

By Isil Sariyuce, Celine Alkhaldi, Manveena Suri

People walk on destroyed buildings in the historic city of Antakia in Hatay on February 11, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the southeast of the country.

(Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)

The death toll following the deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has exceeded 25,000.

In Turkey, the number of people killed rose to 21,848, according to Turkey's President Tayyip Erdoğan.

Speaking in the southeastern city of Sanliurfa on Saturday, Erdoğan added that 80,104 people had been injured.

In Syria, the total number of deaths stands at 3,553, including 2,166 in rebel-held areas in the northwest, according to the White Helmets civil defense group, and 1,387 deaths in government-held parts of Syria, according to state media. Syria.

The total number of people injured in Syria across all affected territories stands at 5,273, with 2,326 in the government-controlled area and 2,950 in the rebel-held area.

7 hours ago

Syrian president, first lady visit quake-hit northwestern city

By Niamh Kennedy, Celine Alkhaldi

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visits neighborhoods affected by an earthquake in the northern city of Aleppo, on February 10, 2023. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma visited rescue teams and civilians in parts of northwestern Syria hit by Monday's devastating earthquake, according to Syrian state media.

The state media SANA reported on Saturday that they went to the Tishreen University Hospital in the city of Latakia to visit those injured by the earthquake.

While in Latakia, the couple spoke to families affected by the earthquake at the city's Bassel al-Assad educational center.

Assad and his wife also visited Russian and Syrian rescue teams operating in the city of Jableh, 25 kilometers (about 15.5 miles) south of Latakia.

Images from the scene released by SANA showed huge groups of rescuers pausing operations to listen to the president.

7 hours ago

The UN Assistant Secretary General describes the earthquake as "the worst event in 100 years" in the region

By Niamh Kennedy

The UN assistant secretary-general described the devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Monday as the "worst event in 100 years" in the region.

“What happened here on Monday, the epicenter of the earthquake, was the worst event in a hundred years in this region,” Martin Griffiths told reporters during a visit to Kahramanmaras, Turkey, on Saturday.

“The response that you have seen here, and as your viewers have seen, is also unique, there has never been an international response, a Turkish response to a natural disaster like we see here in these terrible days,” he continued.

Griffiths, who is the current UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, stressed that the UN would have a "clear plan" on Sunday or Monday tomorrow "to call for a three-month operation to help the people of Turkey with humanitarian assistance".

He added that a similar plan will be presented for the people of Syria.

During his trip to Kahramanmaras, Griffith met with families affected by the devastating earthquake.

Posting footage of the meeting on Twitter, Griffiths said he had "heard their stories of shock and devastation".

8 hours ago

Germany suspends rescue operations in an earthquake-hit area in Turkey, citing security concerns

By Manveena Suri

This aerial view shows a collapsed building during ongoing rescue searches in Hatay, southeastern Turkey, on February 9, 2023, two days after a strong earthquake hit the region.

(Photo by -/DHA (Demiroren News Agency)/AFP via Getty Images)

Germany has also suspended rescue and relief work at the site of a deadly earthquake in Turkey due to security concerns, following a similar move by Austria on Saturday.

The German Federal Agency for Technical Assistance (THW) halted its rescue operations due to a change in the security situation in the Hatay region, the organization said in a statement on Saturday.

It had been operating with Germany's International Search and Rescue (ISAR), in coordination with Turkey's Emergency and Disaster Management Agency (AFAD).

“En las últimas horas, la situación de seguridad en la región de Hatay aparentemente ha cambiado. Cada vez hay más informes de enfrentamientos entre diferentes grupos. Por lo tanto, los equipos de búsqueda y rescate de ISAR Alemania y THW permanecerán en el campamento base conjunto por el momento. ISAR y THW reanudarán su trabajo tan pronto como AFAD considere que la situación es segura”, se lee en el comunicado.

El ejército austriaco también citó riesgos de seguridad al suspender sus operaciones.

Hace 8 horas

El presidente de Turquía advierte que los saqueadores serán castigados a medida que aumenta el número de muertos por el terremoto

Por Lindsay Isaac

El presidente de Turquía, Tayyip Erdogan, advirtió que se tomarán medidas contra las personas que saqueen y cometan otros delitos en algunas de las áreas afectadas por el terremoto.

La advertencia se produce cuando el presidente dijo que se sabe que al menos 21.043 personas han muerto en Turquía tras el terremoto de magnitud 7,8 del lunes.

Hay una creciente preocupación por la seguridad en la zona del terremoto y el ejército austríaco ha suspendido las operaciones de rescate allí debido a una situación de seguridad cada vez más difícil.

Hablando en Diyarbakir, sureste de Turquía, el sábado, Erdogan también dijo que los dormitorios universitarios se dedicarán a albergar a las víctimas del terremoto que han perdido sus hogares y que las clases estarán en línea hasta el verano.

En Siria, el número total de muertos asciende a 3.513, incluidos 2.166 en las zonas controladas por los rebeldes en el noroeste del país, según la defensa civil de los "Cascos Blancos", y 1.347 muertos en las partes de Siria controladas por el gobierno, según Siria. medios estatales.

Hace 8 horas

La comunidad internacional "debe actuar de inmediato" para llevar ayuda a Siria, dice actor sirioestadounidense

El actor Jay Abdo en el backstage de la Gala de ACNUR en Londres, Inglaterra, el 22 de octubre de 2017. (Dan Wooller/Shutterstock)

Se necesita hacer más para llevar ayuda internacional al noroeste de Siria, dijo un actor sirioestadounidense, advirtiendo que los civiles están "corriendo contra el tiempo" para rescatar a sus seres queridos, cinco días después de que el terremoto azotara la región.

“Los civiles no reciben ningún apoyo, ayuda o atención. La comunidad internacional debe actuar de inmediato”, dijo Jay Abdo a CNN el sábado, y agregó: “No hay tiempo”.

Hizo un llamado a la comunidad internacional para encontrar puntos de entrada a través de rutas aéreas y terrestres para traer equipos de rescate y entregar recursos, ya que "los civiles están usando sus manos para remover escombros en busca de sus seres queridos".

“Los terremotos, no tienen fronteras”, dijo Abdo. "Entonces, ¿por qué las fronteras y la política privan a los civiles sirios en el noroeste del país de sus derechos humanos para ser rescatados?"

Hace 8 horas

Ejército austríaco suspende operación de rescate turca por riesgos de seguridad

Por Stephanie Halasz

El ejército austriaco ha suspendido las operaciones de rescate en Turquía debido a una "situación de seguridad cada vez más difícil", según la Unidad de Socorro en Desastres de las Fuerzas de Austria (AFDRU).

"El éxito esperado de salvar una vida no tiene una relación razonable con el riesgo de seguridad. Cada vez hay más agresión entre grupos en Turquía", dijo el teniente coronel Pierre Kugelweis de la AFDRU en un comunicado el sábado.

"No hubo ningún ataque contra nosotros, los austriacos. Estamos todos bien... El estado de ánimo entre los ayudantes es bueno, dadas las circunstancias... Nos gustaría ayudar, pero las circunstancias son las que son", continuó Kugelweis.

"Mantenemos listas nuestras fuerzas de rescate y recuperación. Estamos listos para futuras operaciones", agregó Kugelweis, y afirmó que sigue vigente el regreso programado a Austria para el jueves.

Desde el martes se han desplegado 82 soldados de la AFDRU. Han recuperado a nueve personas enterradas.

Hace 8 horas

El líder de la OMS llega a Alepo en un avión con suministros por valor de US$ 290.000

Por Celine Alkhaldi

El director general de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) llegó el sábado a la ciudad siria de Alepo, afectada por el terremoto, según el medio estatal sirio SANA.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus partió del Aeropuerto Internacional Al Maktoum de Dubai el sábado por la mañana en un vuelo de ayuda humanitaria que transportaba kits quirúrgicos y de emergencia por un valor de más de US$  290.000, en coordinación con la Ciudad Humanitaria Internacional (IHC) de Dubai, dijo IHC a CNN.

Mike Ryan, director ejecutivo del Programa de Emergencias de la OMS, quien partió en el vuelo con Ghebreyesus, le dijo a CNN el viernes que el envío de ayuda era una “ampliación” de los suministros de la OMS ya existentes en Siria.

“Tenemos un sistema que ampliaremos. Tenemos suministros preposicionados en el país, donde tenemos almacenes nacionales”, dijo Ryan, y agregó que el IHC en Dubai actuará como un centro logístico de “respaldo”.

“Tenemos 141 socios locales en las áreas controladas por el gobierno. Hemos estado trabajando allí durante 10 años usando el punto de cruce de Bab al-Hawa”, dijo Ryan.

“El problema ha sido que el cruce de Bab al-Hawa se ha visto comprometido por el propio terremoto”, dijo Ryan.

Otro vuelo está programado para llegar a Siria el domingo y se espera que transporte “37 toneladas métricas de suministros de salud de emergencia para llegar a 300.000 personas”, dijo la OMS.

Hace 9 horas

Una mujer de 70 años es rescatada en Turquía 121 horas después del terremoto

Por Isil Sariyuce, Reyhan Baysan

Una mujer de 70 años fue rescatada de los escombros en la ciudad turca de Kahramanmaras, 121 horas después de que el devastador terremoto azotara el país y Siria, según la cadena hermana de CNN, CNN Turk. Ha sido nombrada como Menekse Tabak.

Esto ocurre solo unas horas después de que un niño de 16 años fuera rescatado con vida de entre los escombros de un edificio destruido en la región.

El terremoto de magnitud 7,8 es el golpe más mortífero experimentado por el país en más de 80 años, causando al menos 20.665 muertes solo en Turquía.

Un oficial de enlace de la ONU en el país advirtió que se están acercando al final de la ventana de búsqueda y rescate, con una "menor probabilidad" de encontrar sobrevivientes bajo los escombros en temperaturas bajo cero.

Hace 9 horas

El número de muertos supera los 24.000

Por Isil Sariyuce, Jonny Hallam

El número de personas muertas tras los devastadores terremotos del lunes en Turquía y Siria ha llegado a por lo menos 24.178, según las autoridades.

En Turquía, el número de muertos ha aumentado a al menos 20.665, según la presidencia de gestión de desastres y emergencias del país, SAKOM.

En Siria, el número total de muertos es de 3.513, incluidos 2.166 en las zonas controladas por los rebeldes en el noroeste del país, según la defensa civil de los 'Cascos Blancos', y 1.347 muertos en las partes de Siria controladas por el gobierno, según medios estatales.

Hace 9 horas

Los "Cascos Blancos" ya no buscan supervivientes tras el terremoto del lunes

Siria Civil Defense, conocida como los "Cascos Blancos", anunció el fin de las operaciones de búsqueda de sobrevivientes en las áreas controladas por los rebeldes en el norte y noroeste de Siria luego de los terremotos que azotaron el país y Turquía el lunes.

La organización de voluntarios dijo que creía que nadie atrapado bajo los escombros seguía con vida después de 108 horas de búsqueda, dijeron los Cascos Blancos en un comunicado emitido el viernes por la noche.

Sin embargo, iniciaron una nueva fase denominada operaciones de búsqueda y recuperación de cadáveres. El grupo no dio un número estimado de personas que se cree que están atrapadas bajo los escombros.

“Desde el comienzo del terremoto el lunes a las 4:17 a.m. hora local hasta el anuncio del final de las operaciones de búsqueda y rescate, se registraron 2.166 muertos y más de 2.950 heridos en todas las áreas afectadas por el terremoto en el norte y noroeste de Siria", dijeron los Cascos Blancos.

"Nuestros equipos han realizado 108 horas de trabajo en más de 40 ciudades, pueblos y aldeas en el noroeste de Siria, en las que alrededor de 479 edificios residenciales fueron completamente destruidos y más de 1.481 edificios parcialmente destruidos", agregó el comunicado.

Según el comunicado, muchas mujeres y niños se encontraban entre los muertos en las áreas más afectadas por el terremoto, incluidas las localidades de Jindires y Haram en el norte del país.

"Nueva decepción y frustración para los sirios, ya que la comunidad internacional ignora la tragedia humana en el noroeste de Siria, a pesar de todos los llamamientos realizados por la Defensa Civil de Siria para enviar el apoyo necesario para las operaciones de rescate en busca de sobrevivientes bajo montañas de escombros", dice el comunicado.

"A pesar de la extrema necesidad de apoyo humanitario para todas las áreas afectadas, los sirios han vivido estos días difíciles solos, como los habían vivido antes", agrega el comunicado.

Hace 9 horas

Rescatan a 3 hermanos en Turquía tras casi 5 días bajo los escombros

Tres hermanos fueron rescatados de los escombros de un edificio de apartamentos de cinco pisos 120 horas después del terremoto, informó el viernes el medio estatal turco TRT.

La cadena mostró imágenes del rescate del tercer hermano. Lo envolvieron en una cubierta térmica y lo enviaron al hospital para una evaluación médica adicional, informó.

Según TRT, el equipo de rescate trabajó durante nueve horas en el lugar de Antakya, la ciudad principal de la provincia de Hatay, muy afectada, excavando hasta el segundo piso. El equipo rescató al primer hermano a la hora 117 y al segundo a la 119.

Hace 10 horas

Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre el terremoto

Una vista de los edificios dañados en la zona bajo control rebelde de Jandaris, en Siria (REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi)

El mortal terremoto del lunes ha dejado a millones de personas sin hogar en Turquía y Siria en pleno invierno, según organizaciones de ayuda, y los sobrevivientes encuentran cobijo en refugios temporales en medio de temperaturas bajo cero.

Solo en Siria, aproximadamente 5,37 millones de personas necesitarán asistencia para la vivienda, según una estimación preliminar del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados,

Todavía hay destellos de esperanza para los sobrevivientes bajo los escombros. En el quinto día desde el terremoto, los equipos pudieron rescatar a una madre y sus dos hijas, así como a otra familia de seis en Turquía. Pero el ritmo de los rescates se ha desacelerado.

Mientras tanto, las familias están de duelo mientras comienzan a enterrar a sus seres queridos. Salma Salazar, quien perdió a miembros de su familia, le dijo a CNN que su familia está “muy desconsolada”.

Esto es lo que necesitas saber:

Un terremoto sin precedentes: el desastre del lunes fue el terremoto más mortífero que azotó a Turquía en más de 80 años. El terremoto ha dejado más de 23.000 muertos, más de los que murieron en el desastre de Fukushima en Japón en 2011.

Intervención del gobierno: el presidente de Turquía, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dijo el viernes que el gobierno del país pagará el alquiler de los ciudadanos durante un año si no desean quedarse en tiendas de campaña. También prometió sanciones para los involucrados en delitos durante el estado de emergencia declarado. Ha denunciado ataques a negocios y robos en las regiones afectadas por el terremoto. El ministro de Justicia de Turquía, Bekir Bozdag, dijo el viernes que se han iniciado investigaciones judiciales para los constructores en las regiones afectadas por el terremoto, según el medio estatal de Turquía Anadolu.

Esfuerzos de ayuda: Erdogan dijo que más de 141.000 miembros del personal de rescate están trabajando en el terreno en 10 provincias afectadas por el terremoto en Turquía. Y según la Casa Blanca, Estados Unidos “aumentará” su asistencia a Turquía y Siria.

But in Syria, President Bashar al-Assad on Friday criticized Western countries for "disregarding the human condition."

His comment is in line with statements heard from Syrian government officials and state media, who attributed the lack of humanitarian aid and hampered rescue team to US and European Union sanctions.

On Friday, the Syrian government approved the shipment of aid to rebel-held territory in the country's northwest, but the aid group International Organization for Migration tells CNN they have not received specific details from officials about the announcement.

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