On February 9, the convoy aid first arrived in the northwestern region of Syria controlled by the opposition following an earthquake that killed more than 17,500 people die in Turkey and Syria.
The communications officer at the Bab al-Hawa border gate, Mazen Alloush, said that the UN aid team had entered Syria. Meanwhile, an AFP reporter said he had seen six trucks carrying tents and hygiene products passing through the Turkish border gate.
Meanwhile, planes carrying aid from the United Arab Emirates, Russia, Iran and other countries have arrived at Syrian government-controlled airports in Damascus, Aleppo and Latakia since the beginning of the week. Rescuers are trying to find survivors stranded under the rubble.
In a statement on February 9, the United Nations stressed the need to avoid “politicizing” aid to earthquake victims in Syria, which is facing international sanctions, and at the same time urge the US and the European Union to ensure aid work is free of obstacles.
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Geir Pedersen, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, emphasized the need to send aid to areas controlled by the Damascus government as well as areas held by opposition forces to overcome the consequences of the earthquake. .
The magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey on February 6 destroyed many major cities in Turkey and Syria, claimed the lives of more than 17,500 people (as of 8:30 pm Vietnam time) and injured injured tens of thousands of others, and pushed many people into the situation of “the sky and the earth” in the cold weather of winter.
Rating agency Fitch on February 9 said that the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria might cause economic losses of more than $4 billion.
Lan Phuong (VNA/Vietnam+)