New aid route to Syria opens as quake toll up

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 16, 2023 1:15 am

ANTAKYA, Turkey: An aid convoy on Tuesday passed through a newly reopened border crossing into rebel-held north Syria, where help has been slow to arrive since last week's earthquake, which killed nearly 40,000 people in the region.

Rare survivors were pulled from the debris eight days after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Syria and Turkey, but the focus has switched from rescue to providing food and shelter to millions in need.

I WILL SURVIVE Seher, a 15-year-old Syrian woman, raises her arm as she is carried on a stretcher after being rescued from under the rubble where she had been trapped for over 210 hours, in Hatay province, southern Turkey, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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