Six UN Aid Trucks to Reach Syria’s Idlib on Thursday
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, a source in the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey in Idlib, northwestern Syria, said the UN is to send the first humanitarian aid convoy to the region 80 hours after the deadly earthquake that hit Syria.
On Thursday morning, the death toll for the earthquake that struck Syria on February 6 reached more than 3.583 people, and more than 6.342 were injured in a provisional count.
The source told North Press that UN trucks were present in the city of Reyhanlı and contain hygiene supplies and baby diapers.
According to the source, the humanitarian aid convoy consists of six UN trucks that will leave on Thursday at noon from UN storage houses in the Turkish city of Reyhanli towards the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey in Idlib to enter Syria.
Activists said the region does not need such aid at the time being but needs food, medical, and logistical support, criticizing the UN’s inaction.
The supplies in the UN’s storage houses are not related to earthquake response.
So far, no aid has reached the devastated areas in northwest Syria even after 80 hours of the earthquake.