Turkiye-Syria quakes: UN appeals for more than US$1b in funds for relief operations

The United Nations (UN) is appealing for more than US$1 billion in funds for Turkish relief operations. The earthquakes devastated large parts of Turkiye and Syria, and getting to survivors has been a challenge. The UN said the Turkish funds will cover a three-month period to support government-led relief efforts on food security, shelter, water and education.

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Russian Rescue Dog Recovers Five People Trapped Under Rubble In Türkiye
A border collie named Thorin and his owner Nadezhda Otvesova have jointly recovered five people under rubble following the deadly earthquakes that struck Türkiye last Monday.
Thorin and Nadezhda arrived in Kahramanmarash as volunteers from Russia’s Bashkiria region.

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👉UN human rights expert strongly urges U.S. to lift all sanctions on Syria amid deadly earthquakes👈
U.N. human rights expert Alena Douhan says unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States and several other European countries have worsened the humanitarian situation of the Syrian people in all aspects, and the problem is deteriorating in the aftermath of the earthquake. In an interview with CGTN Radio journalist Xu Yawen, Douhan strongly insisted that the U.S. and others must lift all sanctions on Syria to provide people there with the possibility of recovery and open the way for them to rebuild the country.

Last week, facing international pressure, the United States announced a temporary exemption to its sanctions on Syria. Douhan said the move was "definitely not sufficient."

"It's very complicated to understand what is the red line between the recovery process and the rescue process, " she said. And also, there are no guarantees from sanction regimes to humanitarian actors that there will be no punishment for delivering humanitarian aid. Therefore, banks, pharmaceutical companies, and producers of critical infrastructure are still scared of facing fines or sanctions from the U.S., making them hesitant to help.