The WHO has estimated at least 9,300 people dead in Syria, to which must be added almost 30,000 in Turkey. In addition, they fear that the figures will continue to increase. The UN humanitarian chief has stated, for his part, that: “We have failed the people of northwestern Syria”
Euskaraz irakurri: 39,000 dira jada lurrikaretan hildakoak
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that the earthquakes in northwestern Syria have so far left at least 9,300 deaths, which added to the 29,605 deaths confirmed so far by Turkey, bring the total number of fatalities in both countries to 38,905 deceased.
The new estimate for Syria has been provided by the team of the director general of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesusis, who has starred in a press conference in the capital, Damascus, in which he has provided an initial assessment of the situation.
The WHO regional director of emergencies, Dr. Rick Brennan, has pointed out that “there is no way right now to make an adjusted projection” before estimating that 4,800 people have been killed and 2,500 injured in government-controlled areas of Syria and that another 4,500 have been killed and 7,500 injured in rebel-held areas.
“We fear that these numbers will continue to increase, particularly as we receive more access to these areas,” he explained in statements collected by Sky News.
UN humanitarian chief: “We have failed the people of northwestern Syria”
The UN humanitarian chief, Martin Griffiths, acknowledged this Sunday that his organization has “failed the people in northwestern Syria”, one of the areas most affected by the earthquakes that hit the country and where hardly any humanitarian aid has arrived.
“Until now we have failed the people in northwestern Syria. No wonder they feel abandoned, looking for international help that has not arrived,” Griffiths wrote on his Twitter account.
At the #Türkiye–#Syria border today.
We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria.
They rightly feel abandoned. Looking for international help that hasn’t arrived.
My duty and our obligation is to correct this failure as fast as we can.
That’s my focus now.— Martin Griffiths (@UNReliefChief) February 12, 2023
Since the earthquake last Monday, the White Helmets rescue group denounces that it has not received help from the United Nations in the opposition areas of northwestern Syria, difficult to access since it can only be reached through a single border crossing, that of Bab the Hawa, which connects Turkey with the Syrian province of Idlib.
Even the leader of the rescue group, Raed Saleh, said on Friday that “the UN bureaucracy participated in the slaughter of the Syrian people.”
Source: Eitb
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