Crossed through Bab Al-Hawa crossing | “Timid” humanitarian assistance arrives in north-west Syria
De*ath toll of Syria’s earthquake rises to 3,606 people
SOHR sources have reported that six trucks carrying humanitarian assistance and blankets crossed into Syria from Turkey, via Bab Al-Hawa crossing, heading to the disaster-stricken areas in north-west Syria.
On the other hand, the number of Syrians killed due to the violent earthquake has increased to 3,606 people were killed and nearly 4,000 others were injured. The fatalities are distributed as follows:
- 1,614 people in regime-controlled areas, mostly in Latakia and Aleppo.
- 1,992 people in areas controlled by the “Salvation Government” and the “Syrian Interim Government,” including hundreds of fatalities in Jendires and 161 others in Al-Atareb city in Aleppo countryside.
The total death toll does not include 375 Syrians, who were killed in Turkish territory due to the earthquake and whose bodies were transported to Syria.
The violent earthquake also caused total and partial damage to buildings in nearly 120 villages, towns and cities in the middle, north-west and west of Syria.
Hospitals throughout Syria have been running at full capacity and rescue teams have been exerting utmost efforts since Monday dawn, attempting to save and rescue the largest possible number of the earthquake victims. Also, residents in different areas in north Syria region have participated in the rescue efforts to recover people locked down under rubble, especially since no diggers, machineries or rescue teams have been sent to these areas.
It is worth noting that ongoing increase in the number of fatalities is attributed to the inability of medical and rescue teams to save injured people and survivors stranded under rubble and inability of rescue teams to reach many areas affected by the earthquake in light of the poor capabilities.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights appeals to international authorities to interfere immediately to save injured people and survivors in light of the poor capabilities of Syrian rescue teams.
SOHR also calls upon Turkish authorities to receive injured Syrian people in hospitals in Turkey and send Turkish medical teams to the disaster-stricken areas.
