Aid group issues urgent appeal for quake-hit Syria

Al-Hammam Crossing , Syria (AFP) Feb 19, 2023

The group Doctors Without Borders called Sunday for the "urgent scaling up" of earthquake aid to northwest Syria as it delivered a convoy laden with emergency assistance. Aid has been slow to reach Syria's rebel-held areas since the February 6 quake killed a combined total of more than 44,000 people across Turkey and Syria. "An urgent increase in the volume of supplies is needed to matc