as well as monique wilson of one billion rising in the philippines and christine schuler deschryver in democratic republic of congo. director of city of joy, a revolutionary community for women survivors of gender violence. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.n.'s head of aid operations said the earthquake rescue phase is coming to a close and efforts would turn to providing shelter, food, and care to survivors as the combined death toll in turkiye and syria tops 36,000, with that number expected to rise. a little over one week after the first 7.8-magnitude quake rocked the two countries, the hope for miraculous rescues is fading and anger is mounting as the u.n. admits relief efforts failed the people in north-west syria. on friday, the syrian government approved aid deliveries to the rebel-held northwest after major delays to the war-torn region. over 5 million additional people in syria may become homeless after the quakes as the region also faces winter blizzards and an ongoing cholera outbreak.