{"id":3903,"date":"2023-02-12T16:01:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T16:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2023-02-12T16:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T16:01:41","slug":"un-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-syria-to-facilitate-care-for-earthquake-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/magazine\/climate\/un-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-syria-to-facilitate-care-for-earthquake-victims\/2023\/02\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"UN calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Syria to facilitate care for earthquake victims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Damascus (AFP)\u00a0 The<\/span> UN<\/span> Human<\/span> Rights<\/span> Commission<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> called<\/span> for<\/span> an<\/span> immediate<\/span> ceasefire<\/span> in<\/span> Syria<\/span> to<\/span> expedite<\/span> aid<\/span> to<\/span> all<\/span> victims<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> devastating<\/span> earthquake<\/span> in<\/span> Syria.<\/span> The<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> from<\/span> Monday’s<\/span> devastating<\/span> earthquakes<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> surpassed<\/span> 23,000<\/span> on<\/span> Friday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Officials<\/span> and<\/span> medical<\/span> sources<\/span> said<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 23,000<\/span> people<\/span> were<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> earthquakes<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria<\/span> on<\/span> Monday,<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> death<\/span> toll<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> alone<\/span> surpassing<\/span> 20,000.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Hopes<\/span> of<\/span> finding<\/span> more<\/span> survivors<\/span> soon<\/span> faded<\/span> as<\/span> rescuers<\/span> continued<\/span> to<\/span> search<\/span> the<\/span> rubble,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> cold<\/span> now<\/span> threatens<\/span> the<\/span> lives<\/span> of<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> survivors<\/span> left<\/span> without<\/span> food<\/span> or<\/span> shelter<\/span>\u00a0.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Turkish<\/span> President<\/span> Recep<\/span> Tayyip<\/span> Erdogan<\/span> described<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake<\/span> as<\/span> the<\/span> “catastrophe<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> century”<\/span> and<\/span> criticized<\/span> the<\/span> government’s<\/span> response<\/span> before<\/span> acknowledging<\/span> its<\/span> “flaws”.<\/span> On<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> UN<\/span> aid<\/span> convoy<\/span> crossed<\/span> the<\/span> border<\/span> into<\/span> rebel-held<\/span> northwestern<\/span> Syria.<\/span> The<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> released<\/span> her<\/span> $25<\/span> million<\/span> from<\/span> emergency<\/span> relief<\/span> funds<\/span> to<\/span> launch<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> aid<\/span> in<\/span> Turkey<\/span> and<\/span> Syria.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Damascus (AFP)\u00a0 The UN Human Rights Commission on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire in Syria to expedite aid to all victims of the devastating earthquake in Syria. The death toll from Monday’s devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria surpassed 23,000 on Friday. Officials and medical sources said more than 23,000 people were killed in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[714,1034],"tags":[471,487,1007,1009,1016,1068],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/SYRIA.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3905,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3903\/revisions\/3905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}