The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria reported that Palestinian refugees and displaced Syrians affected by the earthquake in northwestern Syria complained about the unfair distribution of humanitarian aid.
The monitoring group said in a report that the people accused the parties working to distribute aid of lack of data and sufficient knowledge of the real affected by the earthquake, with chaos spreading in many distribution sites, and leaving entire families in the open without a tent or heating materials.
Activists from all bodies and institutions operating on the ground called for a thorough search for the affected families, especially those who lost their homes completely, or those whose homes are no longer habitable due to the cracks and cracks caused by the earthquake.
The human rights organization stated that the first unscheduled aid convoy crossed the border from the Bab al-Salama crossing on Tuesday, loaded with tents, medicines and blankets, which constitute nothing in front of the collective needs of a region that has suffered in recent years from bombing, displacement and threats.
The AGPS pointed out that a spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirmed that 119 trucks belonging to the UN agency have transported aid to the regions of northern Syria through the Bab al-Hawa and Bab al-Salama crossings since the earthquake occurred, adding that the trucks transported food and relief aid, basic medicines and tents, In addition to testing for cholera, which is still raging in the region.
A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday killed three people and injured more than 200 in parts of Turkey laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed tens of thousands, authorities said. More buildings collapsed, trapping some people, while scores of injuries were recorded in neighboring Syria too; according to the AP.
Monday's earthquake was centered in the town of Dafneh, in Turkey's Hatay province, one the worst-hit regions in the magnitude 7.8 quake that struck on Feb. 6. It was felt in Syria, Jordan, Cyprus, Israel and as far away as Egypt, and followed by a second, magnitude 5.8 temblor.
The Feb. 6 quake killed nearly 45,000 people in both countries — the vast majority of them in Turkey, where more than a million and a half people are in temporary shelters. Turkish authorities have recorded more than 6,000 aftershocks since, the AP reported.
The group documented the death of 64 Palestinian-Syrian refugees due to the earthquake, including 20 people in northern Syria in the areas of Jenderes and Salqin, in addition to the displacement of hundreds of Palestinian and Syrian families.
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