Aleppo residents plead for aid after destructive earthquake
ALEPPO, Syria - Syria's Aleppo is among the areas in the country struck worst by last week's twin earthquake which also hit neighboring Turkey, killing tens of thousands and displacing millions more.
The city of Aleppo, which has already borne the brunt of more than a decade-long civil war, is home to millions of refugees displaced by conflict.
Angin Hussein, a freelancer and local resident from the Kurdish-dominated neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo approached a number of fellow residents in the al-Ashrafiyyah and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods, who said they have nowhere to go, either because their homes have been destroyed or out of fear of other earthquakes, forcing them to seek shelter in the open at a time the region is plagued by poor infrastructure and freezing weather.
The bulk of residents decry a lack of aid from the authorities and international organizations, pleading for urgent assistance.
Humanitarian aid is yet to reach all the affected families nearly a week after Monday’s earthquake.
A disastrous 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey on Monday dawn, with its impact also ripping through northern regions of Syria.
At least 28,000 people have been killed in both countries as of Sunday morning, with UN aid chief Martin Griffiths warning that the tally is expected to double.
The city of Aleppo, which has already borne the brunt of more than a decade-long civil war, is home to millions of refugees displaced by conflict.
Angin Hussein, a freelancer and local resident from the Kurdish-dominated neighborhood of Sheikh Maqsoud in Aleppo approached a number of fellow residents in the al-Ashrafiyyah and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods, who said they have nowhere to go, either because their homes have been destroyed or out of fear of other earthquakes, forcing them to seek shelter in the open at a time the region is plagued by poor infrastructure and freezing weather.
The bulk of residents decry a lack of aid from the authorities and international organizations, pleading for urgent assistance.
Humanitarian aid is yet to reach all the affected families nearly a week after Monday’s earthquake.
A disastrous 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the city of Kahramanmaras in southern Turkey on Monday dawn, with its impact also ripping through northern regions of Syria.
At least 28,000 people have been killed in both countries as of Sunday morning, with UN aid chief Martin Griffiths warning that the tally is expected to double.
Reporting by Angin Hussein