UN Calls for Humanitarian Aid , for Desperate Earthquake Survivors , in War-Torn Syria.
On February 14, the United Nations launched an urgent appeal to help an estimated 5 million survivors of last week's devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
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Fox News reports that rebel-held northwest Syria has received very little assistance due to deep divisions that have been exacerbated by the country's ongoing civil war.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the appeal one day after welcoming a new agreement between the U.N.
And Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the appeal one day after welcoming a new agreement between the U.N.
And Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The U.N.-brokered deal will see two new crossing points open up from Turkey for an initial period of three months.
Fox News reports that the U.N.
Has been limited to delivering aid to Syria through a single crossing at Bab Al-Hawa.
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According to Guterres, $397 million will be used to provide , "desperately needed, life-saving relief for nearly 5 million Syrians — including shelter, health care, food and protection" for three months.
Meanwhile, Guterres said that the U.N.
Is close to issuing another emergency appeal for neighboring Turkey, which was also ravaged by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
The human suffering from this epic natural disaster should not be made even worse by manmade obstacles — access, funding, supplies, Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, via Fox News.
Half of the population faces hunger.
And that’s the worst that we’ve seen since the beginning of the crisis in Syria.
, Corinne Fleischer, U.N.
World Food Program Middle East Director, via Associated Press.
Half of the population faces hunger.
And that’s the worst that we’ve seen since the beginning of the crisis in Syria.
, Corinne Fleischer, U.N.
World Food Program Middle East Director, via Associated Press.
Even at the height of the war, we didn’t have 12 million people food insecure, Corinne Fleischer, U.N.
World Food Program Middle East Director, via Associated Press
