Bashar al-Assad and his wife, Asma, visited patients at Aleppo University Hospital in the country's second city, according to state media. Earthquake latest:
Updates from John Sparks and Yousra Elbagir in Kahramanmaras and Kay Burley and Siobhan Robbins in Adiyaman. Live reporting by Bhvishya PatelThe death toll in Turkey and Syria has risen again in the last few moments.Another 3,553 have been killed due to the earthquake in Syria.Meanwhile, around 80,000 people have been injured after the earthquake struck the region.
In the Indonesian capital Jakarta, rescue workers and military personnel were seen loading relief goods on to a cargo plane. While he did admit to shortcomings, one expert explains to Sky News two of the key elements to his government's response which have stood out. "These are standards that were adopted after the 1999 experience that Turkey had in Istanbul where about 20,000 people had died in and around Istanbul and the implementation of these codes took place under the watch of the AKP party government which has been governing the country in the past 20 years. In that sense the sheer level of destruction puts the onus on the government".
"Lost houses means lost everything, including your medication, your healthcare and whatever means of support you had. We are anticipating a significant health crisis over the coming months." Thousands of buildings including homes were reduced to rubble by Monday's 7.8-magnitude quake which has left millions of people homeless. The UN has pledged a $25 million grant for people in earthquake-stricken areas of Syria.
The UN Refugee Agency has said nearly five and half million people in Syria may be left homeless following Monday's devastating earthquake. Rescue teams are pictured wearing helmets and masks and calling for quiet as they search through large piles of rubble. As searches continued, onlookers gathered awaiting information about survivors.
Omer Faruk runs a restaurant in Konya, central turkey. He said on Friday:"We are providing food to our citizens who are suffering due to the earthquake. Another volunteer Sardar Kayak said they were feeding around 1,000 people a day at the stadium, as well as many more in villages nearby.
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