Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is up for reelection despite growing anger with his government’s handling of the recent massive earthquakes that hit Turkey.
The deadly earthquakes in February along the Syrian-Turkish border in Syria’s Idlib region, which is controlled by rebels, completely destroyed a medical system that had already been weakened by years of civil war. Rebel leaders issue a warning about the shortage of medications as many earthquake survivors struggle with illnesses and infections.
Syrians who killed in the earthquake in Turkey are having their bodies returned home to be buried, which is overcrowding the neighborhood cemeteries. To escape the civil violence, millions of Syrians travelled to Turkey.
After a powerful earthquake struck the region on February 6, a Syrian family that had previously been uprooted by conflict has start over again.
Northwestern Syrian villages are facing two disasters. After being severely damaged by a powerful earthquake on Monday, the area was later flooded as a result of the collapse of local levees.
One week has passed since two deadly earthquakes occurred along the Turkish-Syrian border on February 13. The region continues to be gripped by a growing humanitarian crisis as the death toll surpasses 30,000 and hundreds of thousands more people are left homeless
Californians are collecting and sending warm clothing as well as other essentials to help Turkey and Syria earthquake victims.
After an earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, killing more than 7,000 people, a group of Uyghur volunteers in Istanbul quickly responded, driving 24 hours to assist in relief efforts.
The US has dispatched search and rescue personnel to aid in relief efforts following deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
There have been demands for Turkey’s foreign ministry to take up the case following the death of a Turkish migrant who died after arriving on a Greek island late last year.