ANTAKYA: The death toll from earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria this week neared 16,000 on Thursday (Feb 9) as hopes faded of many people being found alive 72 hours since the disaster and frustration simmered over the slow delivery of aid. A Turkish official said the disaster posed 'very serious di
In Türkiye, footage emerged late on Wednesday of a few more survivors being rescued, including Abdulalim Muaini, who was pulled from his collapsed home in Hatay, Türkiye where he had remained since Monday next to his deceased wife.
In the devastated Syrian town of Jandaris, Ibrahim Khalil Menkaween walked in the rubble-strewn streets clutching a folded white body bag. He said he had lost seven members of his family including his wife and two of his brothers. Further slowing the relief effort, the main road into the Turkish city of Antakya was clogged with traffic as residents who had finally managed to find scarce gasoline sought to leave the disaster zone and aid trucks headed into the area.
The Turkish official told Reuters it was now too early to discuss elections given 15 per cent of Turks lived in the affected area."At the moment there are very serious difficulties in holding an election on May 14," as had been planned, he said. Syria's ambassador to the United Nations admitted the government had a"lack of capabilities and lack of equipment", blaming more than a decade of civil war in his country and Western sanctions.
Erdogan, who declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces and sent troops to help, visited Kahramanmaras on Wednesday, where he said there had been early problems with roads and airports but"we are better today".
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