Breaking news: The death toll from the earthquakes that devastated southern Turkey and northwestern Syria has surpassed 33,000, with more than 29,600 dead in Turkey alone, according to the country’s emergency management authority.
Britain’s minister for development and Africa, Andrew Mitchell,
. Rescue and aid operations have been well-coordinated in Turkey, he said, but it’s been “much more difficult to get help and relief” to Syria because of the political situation there. Greece’s foreign minister met his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in the southern Turkish province of Adana , near the epicenter, on Sunday and are scheduled to visit Hatay province by the Syrian border later in the day, Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu Agency reported. He also met with members of the Greek aid mission and discuss possible further support from Athens for earthquake recovery, the Greek Foreign Ministry said.
The European Union is urging member states to provide help to Syria and ensure that sanctions against its government “do not impede” aid delivery. He added that the E.U. would seek safeguards to ensure aid is not diverted only to regions loyal to the Syrian government., with shipping containers arriving in the southern city of Adiyaman, local media, citing Turkey’s minister of transportation and infrastructure, Adil Karaismailoglu.
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