Sanctions against the Syrian government have made it more difficult for donations to be sent to the county, the mayors said.
Montvale’s Michael Ghassali and Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed T. Khairullah, who were both born in Aleppo, Syria, as well as Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh, whose mother is a Syrian immigrant from Aleppo, issued a statement Tuesday. The three are asking the White House and international community to send equipment to extract those who are trapped, “before it is too late for any possible survivors.”
Aid workers have said that getting funding and supplies into Syria after the catastrophic quake that has killed thousands there and in Turkey, and brought down thousands of buildings, has been hampered by Syria’s deep fragmentation from years of war. With widespread destruction and tens of thousands left homeless in various parts of Syria, aid groups say they are receiving only limited help.
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