On Tuesday, February 14, the UN Secretary General launched an emergency appeal for donations of nearly 397 million dollars (367 million euros) to help the populations affected by the earthquakes in Syria for three months. “This will cover a period of three months”, Antonio Guterres told the press, adding that an equivalent appeal for donations for Turkey was in preparation. Follow our live.
Nearly 40,000 dead. On Tuesday evening, the death toll from the earthquake stood at 39,106: 35,418 officially recorded in southern Turkey, while the authorities counted 3,688 in Syria. On Sunday, the UN said it feared those numbers would rise significantly further.
Four people still rescued on Tuesday. A couple of Syrians were rescued in Antakya, around 210 hours after the earthquakes. Earlier, two younger brothers were also able to get out into the open after spending 198 hours trapped under rubble.
Two new entry points into Syria. Faced with this unprecedented situation, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed on Monday to open two cross-border crossing points between Turkey and rebel areas in northwestern Syria, while the UN could now go through a single border post under a UN Security Council resolution.