U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday announced $100 million in disaster relief aid for Turkey and Syria as the countries grapple with the aftermath of a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has killed at least 46,000 people.
The top U.S. diplomat, who took a helicopter tour Sunday of some of the hardest-hit areas alongside Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, later told reporters at Incirlik Air Base that it was "really hard to put into words" the devastation he saw during the tour but said, "We are here to stand with the people of Turkey and Syria."
The latest funding brings the total American assistance to $185 million. Private U.S. nongovernmental organizations have already contributed another $66 million to response efforts thus far, according to a fact sheet provided by the State Department. Efforts to retrieve survivors have been hampered by a cold winter spell across quake-stricken regions, while authorities grapple with the logistical challenges of transporting aid into northwestern Syria amid an acute humanitarian crisis compounded by years of political strife.
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