Death toll has risen to 23,700 days after earthquake and children are still being pulled from the wreckage.
Rescue workers pulled many people from the rubble of a building, including a mother and her 10-day-old baby.
Four days after the region’s deadliest earthquake in two decades, the death toll in southwestern Syria and southern Turkey has risen to about 23,700.
Tens of thousands were hungry, and countless more were forced to relocate, all because of the brutal winter. The leaders of both nations have come under fire for their handling of the situation.
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the government might have responded more quickly to this week’s devastating earthquake.
Both Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Bashar al-First Assad’s Lady, likely made their first formal medical visit to an Aleppo facility.
For the duration of the 12-year civil war, his administration approved the shipment of aid to the battle lines.
A choice that might speed up aid for millions of the world’s poor.
Due to the instability, humanitarian operations in rebel-held northwest Syria have been hampered, and the World Food Programme has stated that they are running short on supplies.
On Friday, while visited the Turkish neighborhood of Adiyaman, Erdogan acknowledged the government’s reaction time was longer than it should have been.
He said, “It is apparent that search operations are not progressing as swiftly as we would desire, even though we have the biggest search and rescue crew in the world.
He also said that shoplifting was a problem in other parts of the country.
In light of his reelection campaign on May 14, Erdogan has become a target for his opponents. In light of rising frustration with the slow pace of rescue efforts, postponing the election may be necessary in light of the earthquake.
If the election is ever conducted, the calamity will likely affect the outcome.
Erdogan has called for harmony and criticized “negative assaults for political gain.” Even before the disaster, everyone knew the referendum would be the biggest test of his 20-year presidency.
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, questioned the government’s actions.
According to Kilicdaroglu, the ensuing lack of cooperation, inadequate planning, and incompetence were “much worse than the earthquake.”
More people in both countries were murdered by the 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks than were killed by the 1999 earthquake in northwest Turkey, which measured more than 17,000 tons.
The death toll in Turkey was reported at 20,213 on Friday, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
Over 3,500 lives have been lost in Syria so far. Many more victims may be still be buried beneath the debris.
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