Destroyed buildings, “decimated” health systems. A month and a half after the earthquake, the situation continues to be “dramatic.” For the observer, the UN calls for a “political solution.” Violence against women is a concern.
A month and a half after the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, the United Nations warns that the situation on the ground remains “critical” and “worrying”. And it is especially serious in Syria, where the earthquake has only aggravated the humanitarian crisis that has lasted for more than a decade due to the civil war. In this Middle Eastern country, more than 15 million people now need immediate help, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
EITHER “dramatic” scenario is tracked to the Observer by a representative of this body. Matthew Saltmarsh explains that the earthquake on February 6 affected 8.8 million people and that 100,000 families were displaced. Also according to the latest official data, there are records of at least six thousand deaths and more than 12 thousand wounded.
The reason the earthquake was so devastating is because Syria has been experiencing a humanitarian crisis for more than a decade. Therefore, we can say that the earthquake has become a crisis within a crisis”, laments the head of the news and media section of the United Nations High Commissioner.
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Source: Observadora
