Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

UN appeals for $1 billion to help Turkey quake survivors

Volunteers distribute food in Atareb, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Six days after a massive earthquake killed thousands in Syria and Turkey, sorrow and disbelief are turning to anger and tension over a sense that there has been an ineffective, unfair and disproportionate response to the historic disaster. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) A volunteer, left, distributes food for people who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, as they lineup with boxes to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Thousands left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week ago packed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets for hot meals as the desperate search for survivors entered what was likely its last hours. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, lineup to receive food at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Thousands left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week ago packed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets for hot meals as the desperate search for survivors entered what was likely its last hours. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) In this photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, workers unload humanitarian aid sent from Saudi Arabia for Syria following a devastating earthquake, at the airport in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The first Saudi plane carrying 35 tons of food aid landed in government-held Aleppo airport Tuesday morning, according to Syrian state media. Saudi Arabia, unlike most other Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, have not rekindled ties with embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent years. (SANA via AP) In this photo released by the official Syrian state news agency SANA, Syrian soldiers unload humanitarian aid sent from Saudi Arabia for Syria following a devastating earthquake, at the airport in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The first Saudi plane carrying 35 tons of food aid landed in government-held Aleppo airport Tuesday morning, according to Syrian state media. Saudi Arabia, unlike most other Arab countries including the United Arab Emirates, have not rekindled ties with embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad in recent years. (SANA via AP) FILE - Volunteers set up tents for Families who lost their homes in a devastating earthquake to provide them shelter and food near destroyed buildings in the town of Harem, Idlib province, Syria, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. After years of war, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a massive earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
UN appeals for $1 billion to help Turkey quake survivors