“We were hearing screams and messages ... We couldn’t do anything.' The desperate race to save people trapped under the rubble in northern Syria faces unique challenges that aid groups warn could spell deadly delays.
Among the 38 health facilities the U.S.-based medical charity supports in northwest Syria are four hospitals that were damaged, Kewara said.Images shared on the foundation’s Twitter account show overturned floor tiles and cracked walls at a maternal and children’s hospital in the city of Al-Dana. Baby incubators lie empty nearby.
A Syrian woman and her children warm by a stove at an emergency shelter in Maarat Misrin, in the rebel-held Idlib province on Feb. 7, 2023.“Getting commodities in and around Syria was already very difficult,” International Rescue Committee Vice President for Emergencies Bob Kitchen told There are serious worries that the Assad regime will hinder the distribution of aid to rebel-held areas.
Raed al-Saleh, the leader of White Helmets, told Reuters on Monday that urgent help was needed from the international community.
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