The leader of the Syrian opposition-run civil defence organisation said on Tuesday that there is not much time left to save hundreds of families who are trapped beneath the wreckage of collapsed buildings from the earthquake on Monday.
Raed
Al-Saleh told Reuters that the rescue operation being carried out by the White
Helmets organisation in rebel-held northwest Syria, where hundreds were killed
and injured, urgently required assistance from foreign organisations.
Every
second counts when it comes to preserving lives, thus he urged all humanitarian
organisations to provide immediate material assistance and deal with the
crisis.
Early on
Monday, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria, destroying
hospitals, toppling apartment buildings, and injuring or displacing hundreds of
people.
Approximately
3,500 people were injured and at least 1,444 people died in Syria, according to
data from the Damascus government and rescuers in the insurgent-controlled
northwest.
As the
death toll in that nation surpassed 3,400, rescue teams worked early on Tuesday
to extricate those trapped in the wreckage of buildings in southern Turkiye.
Rescue
operations were hampered in earthquake-affected parts of northwest Syria by a
lack of supplies and frigid weather. Rescuers removed mountains of debris with
their hands and homemade tools.
Despite
their best efforts, Al-personnel Saleh's are unable to deal with the calamity
and the numerous destroyed structures.
A
non-governmental organisation called Syria's Emergency Response Team reported
snowstorms had shut off routes inside temporary camps where tens of thousands
of displaced Syrians were living.
Salamah
Ibrahim, a senior rescuer working in the city of Sarmada, where an entire
neighbourhood was levelled, stated, "We have considerable difficulties in
procuring heavy equipment because of the broad spread of sites that were
impacted."
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