Updates from John Sparks and Yousra Elbagir in Kahramanmaras, Kay Burley and Siobhan Robbins in Adiyaman, and Alex Crawford in northern Syria. Live reporting by Faith Ridler and Katie WilliamsThe death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen again in the last few moments.Another 3,553 were killed due to the earthquake in Syria.Watch: Assad accuses West of 'politicising' aid
The rescues come as hopes fade of finding more survivors following Monday's 7.8 magnitude tremor, in the face of freezing temperatures.You can read more from Sky News in the link below...We reported earlier as the president of Syria made a visit to Aleppo in the wake of a devastating earthquake, his first appearance since the disaster.
A man who lost nine relatives in the earthquakes in Turkey said the situation is"horrifying" and something he"can't put into words". "This is not a normal country where you have all the means you need - it's a complex geographical situation and complex security situation," said El-Mostafa Benlamlih.He added that people have been"working hard around the clock", and that the response had also been hindered by a"lack of fuel".It's been a busy day of fast-moving developments as search and rescue efforts continue in earnest nearly five days after earthquakes rocked the two nations.
Here, they thought their plight couldn't get any worse than running from shelling and cowering from regime bombs, but what was already an horrendously wretched life for millions, has become a whole lot more tragic since the earthquake.Those who've fled from Bashar al Assad's bombs and bullets for 12 years, have found themselves running again as their homes collapsed and the earthquakes tore into infrastructure already massively weakened by years of war.
His wife is English, how cannot she see through this vile man! Love eh!!
Bashar gives zero fucks about the people of Syria. Go, crawl back in your hole coward
this syrian Bashar el assad regime is arrogants and selfish and effrontery ans cheap lier...killer and drugs dealer..he must be punched and judged too
Despot.
How’s that Russian support coming along? Maybe try China?
Was he there to see what damage his military has done to innocent people and buildings.
Slot the bastard
There will be thousands of people within the British Turkish and Syrian communities who have lost family and friends in this horrendous disaster. Conservatives need to provide as much aid as possible.
Real home News U.K. people dying daily Because?
So why is he not back over there helping to save others
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