मानवाधिकारों का दावा करने वाले अमेरिका ने सीरिया में विनाशकारी भूकंप के पीड़ितों को किसी भी तरह की कोई भी सहायता देने से इनकार कर दिया है।
प्राप्त रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक़, ऐसे समय में जब भीषण भूकंप ने सीरिया में व्यापक तबाही मचाई है और पीड़ितों को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मानवीय सहायता की तत्काल आवश्यकता है, अमेरिका ने कहा है कि वह सीरिया की किसी भी स्थिति में मदद नहीं करेगा। बुधवार को पत्रकारों से बात करते हुए अमेरिकी विदेश मंत्री एंटोनी ब्लिंकन ने कहा कि सीरिया में आए भीषण भूकंप के बाद वहां जारी राहत कार्यों में अमेरिका द्वारा किसी भी स्तर का कोई सहयोग नहीं दिया जाएगा। अमेरिकी विदेश मंत्री ने दावा किया कि सीरिया में हमारे मानवीय केंद्र हैं और हम उन्हें बजट प्रदान करते हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि हम एक बार फिर कह रहे हैं कि हम भूकंप पीड़ितों को राहत पहुंचाने की प्रक्रिया में सीरिया की मदद नहीं करेंगे।
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Death toll due to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria rises to more than 19,300; surpasses Japan’s Fukushima disaster toll, reports The Associated Press
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The powerful earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has killed more than 19,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless across the region.
Here’s the latest on the earthquake’s aftermath.
The United Nations said on Thursday that it had sent its first aid convoy into opposition-controlled Syria since a powerful earthquake hit the region three days ago, a natural disaster that killed over 19,000 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless across Syria and neighboring Turkey.
Yet truck shortages, blocked roads and other logistical hurdles are impeding efforts by the 100,000-plus rescue personnel working in Turkey — equivalent to the population of a small American city — trying to unearth victims, bury the dead and provide aid to desperate survivors.
The European Union said it had deployed more than 1,600 rescuers and more than 100 search dogs to the hardest-hit areas in Turkey, where they have rescued 36 people so far.
Six humanitarian aid trucks carrying “shelter material” and “non-food items” entered the opposition-held region of northwestern Syria on Thursday, a spokesman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, three days after a devastating earthquake struck the region.
The convoy, which was originally scheduled to arrive on Monday to assist people affected by the country’s civil war, was the first significant delivery of aid to the territory since the earthquake occurred on Monday morning. The delivery had been stalled by road blockages caused by the earthquake, which has also impeded the work of those employed to verify and transport the aid materials.
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President #Erdogan said that the earthquake has already claimed the lives of 14,014 people, another 63,794 were injured. 6,444 buildings were destroyed in the country
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Syrian Embassy appeals for help from people in India to come forward & donate in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in Syria.
