1 month ago
Voice of America
Because of that conflict, the rebel-held area has also struggled to receive urgently needed humanitarian aid. Over the past days, displaced people were asked to leave schools and many of them moved into shelters to live in tents. According to the opposition’s Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets, the earthquake killed about 6,000 people and injured more about 12,400 in the rebel-held region. The quake also destroyed 550 buildings and heavily damaged at least 1,570 others, according to the White Helmets. The total death toll of the earthquake has surpassed 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria — with most of the deaths in Turkey.
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