In Turkiye, the number of lives lost as a result of the 6 February earthquake has risen to 31,643 per Turkish disaster management agency AFAD. Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the country, as international rescue teams have also commenced aid operations in the quake-stricken areas.
The death toll in rebel-held northwestern Syria is more than 4,300, while another 76,000 are injured, according to UNOCHA. The Syrian health ministry confirmed at least 1,347 deaths in government controlled areas, bringing the total loss of lives from the earthquake to at least 5,647 in Syria so far.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has left thousands injured and millions homeless and tens across Turkiye and Syria.
In Turkiye, at least one million people are displaced and living in temporary shelters.
The Syria representative of the UNHCR, Sivanka Dhanapala said in a press conference that upto 5.3 million people have become homeless in Syria alone. Relief efforts in the country were made complicated by the civil war, sanctions, and delay in aid approval routes from the Assad regime.
"We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria," the UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffith admitted. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a secondary disaster if relief needs are not met.
The death toll in rebel-held northwestern Syria is more than 4,300, while another 76,000 are injured, according to UNOCHA. The Syrian health ministry confirmed at least 1,347 deaths in government controlled areas, bringing the total loss of lives from the earthquake to at least 5,647 in Syria so far.
The 7.8 magnitude earthquake has left thousands injured and millions homeless and tens across Turkiye and Syria.
In Turkiye, at least one million people are displaced and living in temporary shelters.
The Syria representative of the UNHCR, Sivanka Dhanapala said in a press conference that upto 5.3 million people have become homeless in Syria alone. Relief efforts in the country were made complicated by the civil war, sanctions, and delay in aid approval routes from the Assad regime.
"We have so far failed the people in north-west Syria," the UN's Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffith admitted. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a secondary disaster if relief needs are not met.