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The US has announced an initial $85m package in emergency relief.
The US Agency for International Development said in a statement that the funding will go to partners on the ground “to deliver urgently needed aid for millions of people”, including food, shelter and emergency health services.
Bader Khalif from the town of Jenderes in the southern countryside of Aleppo, Syria told Al Jazeera that civilians have been helping to bury the dead who were killed in the earthquake. The World Bank has announced $1.78bn in aid to Turkey to help relief and recovery efforts.
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“We are providing immediate assistance and preparing a rapid assessment of the urgent and massive needs on the ground,” said World Bank President David Malpass in a statement. “From the morning until now, we have buried about 100 people, and there are still bodies under the rubble,” he said.
- 2023-02-10 05:57:53
