The death toll in Turkey and Syria exceeds 20 thousand
A 6-month-old baby has been pulled alive from a building after 82 hours in southeastern Turkey, as rescuers continue to work to save many lives from the collapsed buildings. The governor of northern Ordu province, Tuncay Sonel, said on Twitter that Yigit Calis, who was rescued from the rubble in the southeastern province of Adiyaman, was taken to medical teams, TRT World reports.
Some 95 countries and 16 international organizations have pledged to provide aid to Turkey following this week's devastating earthquake, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said today, according to CNN. "Right now, 6,479 rescuers from 56 countries are on the ground," Cavusoglu added during a news conference in Ankara. Aid has arrived in Turkey following Monday's disaster, which has so far killed more than 20,000 people and injured tens of thousands more in that country and neighboring Syria. The situation is also complicated in Syria. Earlier today, a United Nations aid convoy crossed from Turkey into northwest Syria for the first time since the earthquake, as the race to get international aid into the country is hampered by years of political conflict. days and of an acute humanitarian crisis.
