The head of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced that the death toll from the earthquakes that struck the southern states of the country has risen to 40,642, pointing to the continuation of rescue operations and finding survivors, despite the fact that more than 12 days have passed since the earthquakes occurred.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) announced that the death toll from the earthquakes that hit the southern states of the country has risen to 40,642.
Yunus Sezer, head of AFAD, said in a press conference on Saturday that the earthquakes affected nearly 10,000 residential neighborhoods in 11 states in the south of the country.
Caesar pointed out that the number of aftershocks that followed the first earthquake exceeded 5,700, stressing that rescue efforts are still continuing for the thirteenth day.
He continued, "Rescue operations are taking place with great sensitivity. Those trapped under the rubble were rescued on the thirteenth day, which gave us more hope."
The search and rescue teams were able to extract three people, including a child, from the wreckage of a destroyed building in the district of Antakya, the center of Hatay province, in southern Turkey, 296 hours after the earthquake.
And Anatolia Agency stated that search and rescue teams are racing against time to find survivors among the rubble of thousands of destroyed buildings that collapsed after the two violent earthquakes that struck 11 states, the center of which was Kahramanmaraş.
After a great effort by the search teams, including a Kyrgyz rescue team, in front of the rubble of a building, hoping to hear the voices of people still under the rubble, the teams managed to spot 3 people alive.
After continuous work, a man, a woman and a child were rescued from under the rubble 296 hours after the earthquake and they were taken by ambulance to the hospital.
Earlier, the Turkish Minister of Interior, Suleiman Soylu, announced that the number of buildings in which search and rescue operations took place in the earthquake-affected areas is more than 20,000.
Soylu said in statements that they were in the area with many ministers, government officials, NGO representatives and volunteers since the first hours of the earthquake.
Earlier on Thursday evening, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, AFAD, announced in a statement that the region witnessed 4,734 aftershocks after the earthquake.
The statement pointed out that 29,160 rescuers continue search and relief work in the region, supported by 11,488 rescuers from other countries.
He added that the total number of relief crews, volunteers and others in the earthquake zones amounts to more than 264,000 people.
Search and rescue operations are also being carried out with the support of 121 helicopters and 78 aircraft, which act as an "air bridge" in transporting personnel and supplies, in addition to 26 ships that perform the same function.
The statement confirmed the establishment of more than 172,000 tents to temporarily house the earthquake victims in the region, with psychological support being provided to 498,225 earthquake survivors.
In a related context, the search for survivors under the rubble continues, as relief teams were able to rescue a child from under the rubble of his house, Thursday evening, 260 hours after the earthquake occurred in the south of the country.
According to the Anatolia correspondent, the rescue team was able to extract the child Osman Halabiya (12 years old) in the Akinci neighborhood of Hatay state from under the rubble of his house.
The medical staff in the area transferred the child to the hospital for treatment.
On February 6, two earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, the first measuring 7.7 and the second 7.6 degrees, and hundreds of violent aftershocks, which left great losses in lives and property in both countries.
Syria Earthquake deaths exceed 6,000 and about 182,000 displaced people in the northwest of the country
The death toll from the earthquakes that struck northern Syria and several provinces controlled by the Syrian regime has risen to more than 6,000, as 3,467 civilians have been killed so far and 7,438 others have been injured, and about 182,000 Syrians have been displaced in the northwest of the country, according to the Syria Response Coordinators Team.
The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Syria at dawn on February 6 has risen to more than 6,000.
On Saturday, the Syria Response Coordinators Team said that about 182,000 people were displaced in northwestern Syria as a result of the earthquakes that occurred on February 6, with the center in southern Turkey.
The earthquakes, according to the team, have killed 3,467 civilians so far and injured 7,438 others in the northwestern regions of Syria, out of more than 6,000 Syrians who have died throughout the country.
The number of destroyed homes in the area reached 1,243, with 10,743 damaged homes.
The number of people affected by the earthquake in the region exceeded 934,843 people, including those affected, the displaced and host communities. It is expected that the number of affected people will increase during the coming period due to the significant weakness in the humanitarian response operations.
For its part, the Support Coordination Unit of the Syrian opposition coalition said that more than 55,000 people were displaced to shelters after the earthquake in the northwest of the country, adding to more than 20,000 others who were staying in shelters before the disaster.
The administration of the Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey said that two convoys of relief aid entered northern Syria today, Saturday.
The administration explained that one of these two convoys is international, and the other is from charities, and the two convoys contain relief materials intended for those affected by the earthquake.
Earlier Thursday, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, Muhannad Hadi, said that nearly 4.1 million people need aid in northwestern Syria.
He warned that "the devastation left by this earthquake does not give us much hope that this will be the end of it," noting that even before the earthquakes, about 4.1 million people were in need of assistance in northwestern Syria, and many of them had already been displaced and are now homeless or displaced. once again.
"I can assure you that we did everything we could from the start," the UN official said.
He explained, "We asked everyone to put people's interests first, we asked them not to politicize the humanitarian situation, and to focus on our support to reach people."
On February 6, two earthquakes struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, the first measuring 7.7 and the second 7.6 degrees, and hundreds of violent aftershocks, which left great losses in lives and property in both countries.
Somali MPs donate 20% of their salaries to earthquake victims
All those present in the Somali People's Assembly session (the first chamber of parliament) voted on Saturday in favor of a decision to donate 20% of the salaries of the parliament's deputies to earthquake relief in Turkey.
The Somali People's Assembly (the first chamber of parliament) voted on Saturday in favor of a decision to donate 20% of the salaries of the parliament's deputies to the earthquake-affected relief in Turkey.
This came in a session of the People's Assembly in the capital, Mogadishu, according to Anadolu Agency.
Abdullah Omar Abshero, the second deputy speaker of the People's Assembly, who presided over the session, said, "The members of the parliament who attended the session voted in favor of donating 20% of the salaries of parliament representatives to the relief fund to support the victims of the earthquake in Turkey."
The session was attended by 150 out of 275 members of the People's Assembly, and all of them voted in favor of the decision.
For his part, MP Muhammad Ahmed Biri said in a speech during the session that "it is a great day for us, as Somalis, on the day of returning the favor to our Turkish brothers who gave us a lot to get out of our crises."
In a related context, the Mogadishu municipality announced a donation of $250,000 for the benefit of those affected by the Turkish earthquake, while the local "Dahab Shabelle" company announced a donation of $200,000 for the Somali Relief Fund to support the victims of the Turkish earthquake.
On Wednesday, Somalia announced the formation of a government committee to support those affected by the earthquake in Turkey, which includes ministers and religious scholars.
According to the Somali Minister of Justice, the National Committee will announce next Monday the proceeds of the donation campaign to participate in international efforts to support those affected by the earthquake.
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