it was night information of the syrian red crescent organization and i am its official spokesperson . the efforts of the red crescent teams continue until this moment. the earthquake happened at 4 am in the morning in hama , aleppo and latakia , forces were deployed and the bodies of the victims and injured are taken out and transferred to the relevant centers, whose number is high. and thirty people have increased and more than 1300 people as well they were wounded, mercifully, aleppo, latakia and tartus, syrian red crescent films for providing relief and transporting the injured and dead with ambulances and providing the necessary assistance continue their efforts due to the lack of necessary equipment for water collection and even the syrian red crescent organization at times he has to carry it by hand, and all this is due to the consequences of the syrian crisis, and economic sanctions have definitely caused a lack of medical equipment and aid, and caused a weakness in the infrastructure, causing a weakness in medical facilities to provide optimal services to the injured, and thes

there are glimmers of hope as the syrian arab red crescent worked the night to rescue those who have been trapped beneath flattened homes and hospitals. a baby born during the earthquake survived building collapse, the only one of its family to make it out alive. even in the face of hope. desperation is ever present positively. our situation is very bad. we need the hands of food water. we fled with jester close. look at us, we have no shoes abroad. it's not your thought on all the destruction is horrible. the buildings, everything has been reduced to rubble that the number of dead is incredible. an issue mobile album, the red crescent has been instrumental in rescuing those in need during serious, ongoing 12 civil war. but they are begging the international community for help. they want the united states and europe to lift sanctions imposed in 2011 after bashar assad regime wildly crack down on anti government protestants. roslyn fell. we made her equipment ambulances and fire fighting vehicles. if we don't have heavy machinery to conduct rescue operations, there are a lot of issues

debris safely while about 70 countries have tested their aid to turkey since the earthquake, the syrian red crescent demanded the removal of the american and european sanctions against syria as soon as possible, access to the equipment needed to help the earthquake victims, the former ambassador of syria to the united nations pointed out he said to the western approach to the syrian earthquake , the west has shown a lack of humanity by discriminating between turkey and syria in benefiting from its aid. so far , iran and the uae have sent several planes containing humanitarian aid to syria. need to it is said that there is no news about the fate of tens of thousands of people in heroin marash. the peak of the damage of the most unprecedented earthquake in the history of turkey in the epicenter of the earthquake of 7 and 8 on the richter scale in the city of heroin in the south of turkey, the number of destroyed buildings in this area is so much that it is still time to remove the rubble. most of the collapsed buildings did not reach karun club ashtaq street, turkey earthquake. the buildings of the co

terry: the head of the syrian red crescent is calling for u.s. sanctions to be lifted so aid can freely enter that country. planes carrying aid from algeria and united arab evidence -- united arab emirates have landed but the routes used to get humanitarian assistance into the north of the country have been damaged. providing aid to war-torn syria is not straightforward. >> the team we have our mainly on the syrian side and what we see as an emergency is the medical help to all the people wounded and the heavy machinery to move the buildings which were destroyed. there is a sense of emergency for this response in syria and obviously also in turkey, but the focus on syria is necessary because of the challenging environment in which we operate. this earthquake is just one disaster in a long series of disasters. a couple of weeks ago, we were working on the cholera epidemic in the area of aleppo. before that, we had the financial crisis, you had the fighting and the bombing. we had a population which is already extremely vulnerable even without this

key to, to this response moving forward will be supporting local organizations, such as the syrian red crescent, the syrian civil defense force, the white helmets. and we really seen these organizations be instrumental over the last decade of conflict in syria. doctors i had obviously those organizations are instrumental but in such a fractured state where there is no clear authority. are they really able to operate, especially when the world's focus is not on them as it is after this earthquake? i can say proudly, yes sir. so mad global my organization, i've been in syria, northwest auto syria for the past 12 years, are providing support to health care system to hospitals to clinic. so we started mobile clinic just a one day after the earthquake to provide health care to the people who are now without shelter. our hospitals have been working nonstop. but for more than $700.00 surgeries, for trauma cases, we distributed diesel fueled because there is no electricity. every other n g o that has been working and syria has been doing work non stop. and i think it's important to highlight the war of

drills and that both exceed in order to cover the missions drugs also handle the program, the syrian red, crescent, se sanctions imposed on damascus prevent vital a delivery from getting to the country after devastating earthquakes leave at least 1600 people dead in the middle eastern nation.

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescentscue workers. the damascus regime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred, and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the exhibition of immersive storytelling that combines art and virtual reality. there's mr mandela, mr nelson mandela, a free man, taking his first steps into a new south africa. iran's spiritual leader, ayatollah khomeini, has said he's passed a death sentence on salman rushdie, the british author of a book which many muslims say is blasphemous.

hello 70 tons of russian humanitarian cargo rescuers handed over rubble to the syrian red crescent organization. they have already stopped and the operation to search for survivors is over; now the employees of the russian emergencies ministry have focused on providing. help for those who are left without a home, 57 points. e temporary stay. uh earthquake victims are heard. naturally, on the points themselves, and also, uh, there are more than 100 points. uh, where do they give out food and essentials for those who are not supported by these temporary loved ones, or somewhere else. recall the strongest in the world over the past 10 years. earthquakes have not served life according to various estimates from three and a half to five thousand people in syria , the removal of rubble continues and these numbers may still change against this background. the situation in the arab republic is close to humanitarian disasters. there is no heat and light in the houses, and hospitals in the northern provinces of the country are overcrowded. it is difficult to say how many people are left without a roof ove

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescentscue workers. the damascus regime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred, and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. leaders from around the world have responded to monday's devastating earthquake in turkey and syria with pledges of support. among the nations contributing to the global relief effort, australia has promised $10 million to the aid operation, while new zealand's prime minister chris hipkins has committed $1.5 million to assist in the humanitarian response. the announcements came in the wake of an appeal from the un

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescentlgerian rescue workers. the damascus regime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. earlier, we looked at how rescuers go about searching for survivors in collapsed buildings, and i spoke sinead imbaro, a canine search specialist and trainer with florida task force six. she worked on trying to find survivors at the surfside tower collapse in florida in 2021. i asked her to tell us about her search dog, magnus ares. magnus is a canine search dog, he searches for live human victims. he als

approved international aid delivery to rebel—held areas in cooperation with the help of the un, syrian red crescentnternational red cross. 0ur correspondent quentin somerville has been to antakya, a city which has seen some of the worst devastation in all of the country. he's been with rescue teams who've been working round the clock, but who now fear that time is running out, to find people alive under the rubble. in the darkest hours, a single light shines brightest. in antakya's hour of need, this man... he speaks in turkish. ..erdal, has emerged as a saviour. he'll climb where others won't dare, deep inside the ruins of this shattered city. anything to save a life. it's been hours since anyone was found here, but still they work late into the night. an amateur mountaineer and professional writer, erdal has taken command here. someone or something is moving inside the building, but they can't reach them. they've tried looking in from the front, no success. they put a camera probe in. now they're going round the back of the building to see if they can find any sign of life. the floors are sandwic

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescentegime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred, and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. anna a n na foster anna foster is in southern turkey. this is the third day since the earthquake, are the rescuers still managing to get many people out alive now? , . . . , alive now? they are certainly t inc. alive now? they are certainly trying- if _ alive now? they are certainly trying- if they _ alive now? they are certainly trying. if they think - alive now? they are certainly trying. if they think there - alive now? they are certainly

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescentlgerian rescue workers. the damascus regime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred, and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. david lillie is executive director of the syrian american medical society. it is a medical relief organisation that does a lot of work in syria and it also has teams affected by the quake in turkey. hejoins me now from washington. thank you forjoining us. tell us what your teams are doing on the ground. us what your teams are doing on the ground-— us what your teams are doing on the ground. thank you. my

get to montero and assistance into the country from to kia, have been damaged ahead of the syrian red crescent is also cool for us sanctions to be lifted. so that aid can pretty into the country or be shook her bony. as with the international committee of the red cross and red crescent, explain the difficulties in providing aid to water and syria. the team we have, i mean the, on the inside and what we see as an emergency is obviously the medical help to or the people wounded and heavy machinery to move the buildings which were destroyed. so there is a sense of, of emergency for this respond in syria and obviously also in turkey. but i get the focus on syria is also necessary because of the very challenging environment in which we operate. these hurt quake is just one disaster in a long series of disaster. you know, a couple of weeks ago we were working. ready on the cholera epidemic in, in the area over level one of the hardest hit area. and before that you had the financial crisis. you had the covet, you had the fighting and the bombing. so we have a population which is already extremely vul

approved international aid delivery to rebel—held areas in cooperation with the help of the un, syrian red crescentd international red cross. let's go live to gaziantep, in turkey — and join our chief correspondent lyse doucet. you join us here, only an hour and a half away from the epicentre of this deadly earthquake and it's become a relief hub with care craft flying in from around the world to help with this urgent rescue effort. here along this road you can see behind me, the diggers and rescue teams are still at work. some of them working night and day, sleepless night and day hoping against hope to find people still buried alive under this rubble. this whole road is fraught with emotion — cries of loved ones, christ erupting in this dark and freezing night, anger and grief boiling over as rescue teams try to reassure them they are doing everything they can with so many people saying that they believe their loved ones are still alive —— cries of erupting. this is just one snapshot that's been repeated in towns and cities across southern turkey, and indeed across the border in northern syria, a

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescent rescue workers. the damascus regime says its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. allahu akbar! in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy called karam. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred, and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. well, british humanitarian charities will launch an appeal later today to raise funds for people affected by the earthquakes. the disasters emergency committee is co—ordinating a joint response by 1a charities. the government says it will match the first £5 million from the public. doctor mohammed al abrash is working at the central hospital in idlib, syria which is sponsored by the s

the head of the syrian red crescent is calling for us sanctions to be lifted so that aid can freely enter the country. planes carrying aid from algeria and the united arab emirates have landed in regime controlled areas of aleppo and damascus. the roots used by the un to get humanitarian assistance into the country from tortilla had been damaged. more than 1700 people had been killed across the country, but survivors are still being found and are being pulled from the rubble in towns on the syrian turkish border. al jazeera, so here, but fell. f reports from it, glib hard gun at i'm after again. we're not going to have 35 hours after the earthquake happened. a baby girl was pulled out alive. she was lifted from under the rubble, her eyes open and quickly taken to hospital. sarah, the rescue is also succeeded in finding a woman, and she was also taken for treatment along with the paramedics. they are racing against time to save more people as they have to lift layers of concrete to reach deep down under the demolished homes, was severe shortages of equipment and resources. many volunteers

, russian troops, whose intervention salvaged the rule of the assad family, are helping the syrian red crescentsays its allies, also including iran, are flying in aid. allies and who controls what won't matter much to families who are homeless or nervous about sleeping in damaged buildings. an earthquake tests any nation's resilience. war has taught a generation of syrians that they have to fend for themselves. in idlib province, the white helmets rescued another child, a boy. people do their best. broader aid efforts, let alone rebuilding, will need a miracle to overcome the blight, hatred and distrust of a generation of war. jeremy bowen, bbc news. you can get the very latest on the situation in turkey and syria on bbc news 0nline — that's bbc.co.uk/news, or you can use the bbc news app. the time is 6.13 — our top story this evening — more than 11,000 people are now confirmed dead, following the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. rescue attempts continue despite the freezing temperatures. and still to come — lebronjames has become the nba's all—time leading scorer. also coming up bef

the i, c r c on the syrian red crescent sides. government is calling for western sanctions . b to be lifted to allow humanity, tarion assistance into the country. mm hm. and val reports. now this is ground 0 in the city of jubilant in syria. lucky district. the government is controlled here. what it means of innovation of the month is earthquake, seem as limited as those of the rebels. thousands of deaths have been reported in government held territories that there was out of the ha ha, a do. the sealant minister of health cause an all unit admissions members, agencies, foundations for red, crescent, and other non governmental and governmental organizations to lend a helping hand in responding to the mentor and disaster and syria, me cillian government is ready to help to support any countries who wanted to provide the shelters of the food supply the medications to the syrians anywhere in syria. the needed measures, according to the marcus, include the lifting of western factions and the opening of more border crossings, which is all subject to a un security council resolutio

syrian red crescent and international red cross. 0ur correspondent quentin somerville has been to antakyaion in all of the country. he's been with rescue teams who've been working round the clock, but who now fear that time is running out, to find people alive under the rubble. in the darkest hours, a single light shines brightest. in this region's hour of need, this man. has emerged as a savior. he will climb where others want to commit deep inside the ruins of the shattered city. anything to save a life. it's been hours since anyone was found here, but still they work late into the night. someone or something is moving inside the building but they can't reach them. they've tried looking in from the front, no success. now they come back in the building to see if they could find any sign of life. the floors are sandwiched type. it's a treacherous space, but they try to find a way inside. others have rallied. his team is now 100 strong. they've already saved dozens of people. so much risk, so much risk, but so many people who wait for us. how do you feel about what's happened to your count

there are glimmers of hope as a syrian air, red crescent, work day and night to rescue those who've been trapped beneath flattened homes and hospitals. a baby born during the earthquake survived the only one of its family to make it out alive. even in the face of hope, desperation is present positive. our situation is very bad. we need the hands of food water. we fled with just her clothes, look at us. we have no shoes. applauding. next year saw body. all the destruction is horrible. the buildings, everything has been reduced to rubble. the number of dead is incredible. an issue mobile album. the red crescent has been instrumental in rescuing those in need during serious ongoing quality or civil war. but they're begging the international community to lift sanctions imposed in 2011 after bashar assad regime violently crackdown on anti government protesters. little and so we need to have the equipment ambulances and fire fighting vehicles. 2 if we don't have heavy machinery to conduct rescue operations, there are a lot of issues due to sanctions, sanctions against the syrian people. he say

the syrian arab red crescent has to moderate sanctions being lifted off, syria. it says the hampering vital humanitarian aid being sent to the country and the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that have so far taken the lives of at least 1600 people in syria. heel as if they come extensions, impose in our country is the main obstacle to get a needed equipment. with this, we demand for the legion of economic sanctions and the siege in order to allow a deliveries and humanitarian actions to be implemented well about some of gala political analysts from syria says the big us is playing political games with aid to damascus. there is no u u. n. sanctions against syria. there is u. s. united states and e u sanctions against this is fair. everyone would know that for humanitarian aid, these such and should be listed in spite of that the united states still lying yesterday. mister, please can of our representative of u. s. department, samantha bower, the director of us a say that we will, we will a held that ne us here. yeah. either in that you're trying to divide

. >>> joining us live from demarcus syria is the head of communications for the syrian red crescent. you? >> hello, everyone. the red crescent volunteers are a very effective sight and helping the people in the building, collapsed as the earthquakes that happened early today in the morning. at 4:00 a.m., more than 500 volunteers, 27 ambulances to try to assist, to help people. at the moment, they very far transported 452 cases. and 51 and 26 deaths. so far, the foreign ministry has registered 639 injuries. and in ruins now sifting through and trying to help with manpower. unfor unfortunately, we have very bad weather and we've been working, with wounded and injured people to the facilities. >> and what sort of help are you getting there? have you got the facilities you need? or have they all been damaged as well? >> we have first aid. we've been providing primary health care. and if people need surgeries, they are transferring them to our hospitals. we are doing our best to help reference. >> and how far -- i'm sorry, please continue. >> sorry. and the response is still going until n

the northern california coastal region of the american red cross says the turkish and syrian red crescent providing first aid blood, food and support. there is no request for blood donations from the u.s. the red cross is ready if it happens. today's earthquake was a 7.8 followed by aftershocks of 7.5. the 1989 loma earthquake had a magnitude of 6.9. ama: the official death toll has risen to 4300 combined. no u.s. citizens are among the dead. our reporter has a look at the recovery and rescue efforts. tim: this is the aftermath the deadly earthquake near southeastern turkey and northwestern syria. complete chaos, following a 7.8 magnitude shock overnight. thousands in both countries, now dead. the first quake hit while many were sleeping after 4:00 a.m. local time in a turkish city bordering syria, followed by several powerful aftershocks. in syria, the devastation is enormous,new video shows rescues removing this child from the rubble. mountains of crumbled buildings are already weekend by a decade of civil war. many in the earthquake region, refugees. look at this. just hours after the

jane: the syrian red crescent said more than 120 temporary shelters have now been set up for displaced families. this school in aleppo is one of them. >> [translated] to be honest, this is harder than war. at war, there's a strike and it passes. here, we don't know when it ends. we are terrified. jane: for the pbs newshour, i'm jane ferguson in turkey. amna: we will focus now on the syrian side of the border. idlib province, the final stronghold of rebels fighting syrian government forces, was particularly hard hit by the earthquake. nick schifrin has that story. mick: the earthquake devastated a region already scarred by a brutal war. for more than a decade, the redence of idlib have endured bombardment by the syrian military and its russian allies, as well as one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. the syrian civil defense, known as the white helmets, has spent years trying to say victims of bombings. now they are trying to save victims of the earthquake. ismail alabdullah is a volunteer. >> we need help from everyone to save our people. nick: ismail alabdullah joins me now f

the head of the syrian red crescent is also called for us sanctions to be lifted, so that aid can enter the country freely. he was present, joe biden is making his final preparations for the annual state of the union address on tuesday in which he will outline his ministrations, achievements and priorities. despite encouraging economic news, his leadership is still under great scrutiny. frances experienced a 3rd day of nationwide strikes against pension reforms. hundreds of thousands of people have rallied across the country to pose plans by president mac holt to raise the retirement age. from 62 to 64 members of the national assembly met on monday to debate the bill. i guess on this former president have as much sheriff has been buried in his home city of karachi, 2 days after his death in the self imposed exile in dubai. at the age of 79, which i was taken to his final resting place in a convoy through the streets of karachi, he was buried with full military protocol that the army graveyard. the current prime minister and president did not attend, which i received power in a cool 999

established an operation that goes to the border with syria, and in syria, we're using the syrian red crescent going up to the turkish border, we're trying to cover the entire operational area with two national societies that i'm in awe of in terms of their capacity. we're building on an emergency social safety net program, which is the largest cash program in the world and we're putting our emergency response on top of it. that was specifically for syrian refugees who were coming over into turkey some of the we have good access and good capacity at this level to provide support for those who need it the most. >> all right. jamie l. sueur, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> for more information about how you can help victims of the earthquake in turkey and syria, go to cnn.com/impact. >>> all right, coming up, the former memphis officers charged in the beating death of tyre nichols. under more scrutiny. prosecutors are looking into every prior case they were involved in, closed or pending. plus, explosive testimony in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. the family housekeeper took the sta

there are many non government organizations accepting donations, including the turkish red crescent, the syrian red crescent, save the children, doctors without borders, and the international rescue committee. despite international generosity, the major obstacles to getting the a didn't. thank you, damage infrastructure such as roads and hospitals, contested territory, particularly in water and syria. and of course, the constant threat of the tremors, stephanie deckers and get in touch where aid is arriving. and we pulled up the call to the sound on this report. this is the 3rd line from comfort, and that is why here on tuesday, we are in the i'm se, in turkey, quite close to be at the center of the airport. it's been close to civilian aircraft. only me think about like this one lot of the on the day every admitted our dad up there just one of many, many countries that are going national effort. you can see that way from talk minutes on that and just wanted also. so they said that we joined board medical supplies, tend to set up 10000 times for people. a medical team also had the infrastructure

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are here hello 70 tons of russian humanitarian cargo rescuers handed over the rubble to the syrian red crescentanization. they have already stopped and the operation to find survivors is over now employees emercom of russia focused on rendering. assistance to those who were left without a home rescuers are involved for distributors of unitary assistance. and most importantly for the training of rescuers and firefighters e garrison. e, in. attack the nearest e rescue e, since they have little to no experience. they gladly accepted our proposals. and today tomorrow and for how long we will be training. uh, the practice of passing on your experience. well, also continue distributing, uh, humanitarian aid such support, the syrians appreciate in russian, here say, not everyone says, but the word of thanks rescuers and the military here hear every day, and ten-year-old iman generally wrote a letter of gratitude in russian with a note to the heroic president putin of the russian army and the russian people, we recall the strongest earthquake in the world over the past 10 years , according to various e

amid mounting pressure from states like china and humanitarian organizations, such as the syrian era, red crescent, we heard from local reporter mohammed lee who described how western sanctions affect the lives of syrians. western confuse, continue to impose those sanctions. those sanctions, not just now, but even during the years of for prevent it serious from getting their basic needs . for example, if, if the syrian government wanted to get some medicine and medical supplies for the country, the central bank of syria will not be able to make any transaction as a result of the sanction. this is just one example of what those sanctions have been doing. and affect how they have been affecting the lives of the syrian people to us and western countries in general, do not care about history and peoples about the lives of the syrian. how can you, how can n syrian civilian or individual here believe that the u. s. care is about 3 and people while the u. s. itself and the us coalition killed hundreds of millions during the crisis in airstrikes on syria destroyed houses. the u. s. looting resources to th

well, as anywhere in the world, we work was partners and was our partner, the red syrian and arab red crescent. we were able in the 1st 24 hours to deliver $4000.00 of meals in aleppo. we've been providing colleagues from the red crescent, with 30000 meals that are ready to eat. and of course we are gearing up to a much larger operation in order to reach all of those affected by this devastating quake. and mr. frank are, are these organizations that you work with on the ground they are particularly in northern siri? are they telling you that that the food is getting through to the people who need it? we know that has not always been the case in northern syria. well, absolutely. i mean this is what we do. we monitor, we make sure that the food is coming to the people and mind you, this is new and not a new operation for us. we've been there for many years now, even without the earthquake. we are in a dire situation when it comes to receiving the funds to support the people. but when we have the money, if we have the money, be kept directly to the people who need it most. and let me ask you abou

c syrian, red crescent, and the un earlier series president basher allison, that his wife to, to, to the hospital in the lab. it's 1st reported trip to the quick area. more than 3500 people have been killed in syria. aside is accused western governments of politicizing, the catastrophe, and the delivery of humanitarian aid. and they say the west has given priority politics over the humanitarian crisis. but this isn't true to give priority to something both must exist as a political situation exists, but the humanitarian is non existent for the west. well thanks trucks carrying aid from the united nations of arrived in northern syria. it is the 1st convoy to reach rebel held areas in the country since the great but as they know how to reports much more help is needed. lives lost, shattered by mondays, earthquakes, northwest, syria's humanitarian crisis, made worse. the region was hit just as hard as cities across southern turkey. but here the people devastated by over a decade of war. wait for help. already. millions, live intense. the quake has made tens of thousands more homeless. b

here, it's the syrian arab red crescent working with bare hands and also with diggers.everyone will carry on their duties| as needed. we ask for mercy for the victims and speedy recovery for the injured. it is our fate. syria's plight has been thrust into the eyes of the world again. today, it's fighting a different kind of battle. the international community has failed syria for many years. this is an opportunity to try and put that right. this is a moment, i think, to put principles over politics, to really look at ways they can show solidarity with those on the ground and make sure that syrians, who have been going through over a decade of crisis now, do get the support they so desperately need. long—suffering syrians have felt forgotten by the world. reaching people across this broken country will be hard, but this disaster may make the world care again. lyse doucet, bbc news. i'm joined from newjersey by dr houshang amir—ahmadi. he's a distinguished professor at rutgers university and an expert on international affairs. thank you for making the time for us. this is

here, it's the syrian arab red crescent working with bare hands and also with diggers.eryone will carry on their duties| as needed. we ask for mercy for the victims and speedy recovery for the injured. it is our fate. syria's plight has been thrust into the eyes of the world again. today, it's fighting a different kind of battle. the international community has failed syria for many years. this is an opportunity to try and put that right. this is a moment, i think, to put principles over politics, to really look at ways they can show solidarity with those on the ground and make sure that syrians, who have been going through over a decade of crisis now, do get the support they so desperately need. long—suffering syrians have felt forgotten by the world. reaching people across this broken country will be hard, but this disaster may make the world care again. lyse doucet, bbc news. and lyse doucet told me about the types of towns that have been affected in syria. this is a people, millions of people, who were basically living in freezing cold temperatures, in flimsy, makes

there are a lot of issues due to sanctions, sanctions against the syrian people. the red crescent phase corridors are needed to bring in humanitarian aid. and they're asking the united nations to coordinate efforts to make that happen. as it has done with opposition held areas in the past over more on international aid efforts were join me out by the world health organization spokesperson christian lind. maya he joins us from geneva. thanks for being with us. let's talk 1st about syria, the situation there is desperate, but the political situation makes it difficult to get relief. cruise into the region. can you in help coordinate support despite sanctions? no, thanks, tara, thanks for having me. it is indeed very tricky situation on why they do have already medical emergency medical teams on the ground in syria. but of course, as your correspondence also that the, the needs of vast, that there's only one official border opening into, into a north west, syria. and that is definitely not any material with which could fly in need to get on that one single road which is also damaged