CAiro, Feb 7 Syria is ready to allow the delivery of aid to all regions of the country, provided that it does not fall into the hands of terrorist groups, Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad told Al-Mayadeen TV channel.
«The Syrian state is ready to allow the delivery of aid to all regions, provided that it does not reach the terrorists,» Mikdad said.
On the morning of February 6, an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 occurred in the south-east of Turkey, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it was the strongest since 1939. On Monday afternoon, another earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck. The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey, according to the latest data, exceeds 4.5 thousand, more than 26 thousand were injured. According to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies on Tuesday, more than 1.5 thousand people became victims of the earthquake throughout Syria, more than 3.5 thousand were injured. Erdogan declared seven days of national mourning in Turkey for the victims of the disaster, and a three-month state of emergency was declared in 10 affected provinces.