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The director of the UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Saturday that he met with “apocalyptic” scenes when visiting areas affected by earthquake in southern Turkey. Strong
The director of the UN World Food Program (WFP) said on Saturday that he met with “apocalyptic” scenes when visiting areas affected by earthquake in southern Turkey.
Strong earthquakes that began on February 6 shook both Turkey and neighboring Syria. over 50,000 people died According to the latest data published on Friday.
“There is only one way to describe what I saw today: the apocalypse”WFP chief executive said, David Beasley, after visiting the antakyain the Turkish province of Hatay.
“Whole neighborhoods have been leveled to the ground; houses destroyed, schools and shops closed; broken lives. Value the devastation here is truly incomprehensible“, he claimed.
Photo: Reuters file
The official added in a statement that the situation on the Syrian side is “disaster after another disaster. regarding the last 12 years of the civil war.
The WFP said Beasley visited a UN logistics center where trucks are loaded with food and other essentials before heading to northwestern Syria.
He stressed the urgency of increasing food supplies to Syria “along all routes, without restrictions” and called “all sides facilitating access”.
Photo: Reuters file
Northwestern Syria, controlled by opposition groups fighting the president Bashar al-Assad and with a population already dependent on aid for their basic needs, it was the hardest hit area in the country.
The increase in aid supplies is due to the opening of additional crossings from Turkey to areas held by the rebels. One of them, Bab al-Hawa, has already been used with the authorization of the UN Security Council and Assad gave exclusive permission to open two more for three months.
Reuters
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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