A week after devastating earthquakes tore through southern Turkey and northwestern Syria, aid groups say help has been slow to reach the people of Syria. Pressure is mounting on global leaders to overcome the challenges caused by the country’s civil war.
In Turkey, a key airport near the epicenter whose runway was damaged in the quakes has begun to operate again, in a possible boon to authorities and aid groups leading rescue and recovery efforts.The death toll across Syria and Turkey rose to 36,217 on Monday.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged the U.N. Security Council to authorize more border crossings to northwestern Syria . A total of 52 U.N. trucks entered Syria through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing from Thursday through Monday, a U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokesperson, Madevi Sun-Suon, said by email Monday.About 26 million people across Turkey and Syria have been affected by the earthquakeswith dozens of medical facilities damaged, the World Health Organization said in a recent report, which makes an appeal for nearly $42.8 million in immediate aid.
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