The devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake near the Turkey-Syria border in the early hours of Monday 6 February 2023 was followed by another one nearly as strong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tens of thousands of people have been killed and many more have been injured. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the United Nations, 8.8 million people have been affected by the earthquake disaster in Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe majority is anticipated to need some form of humanitarian assistance,\u201d UN Deputy Syria Representative Najat Rochdi wrote on Twitter on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe UN is fully committed to doing more to help all Syrians,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake near the Turkey-Syria border in the early hours of Monday 6 February 2023 was followed by another one nearly as strong. Tens of thousands of people have been killed and many more have been injured. According to the United Nations, 8.8 million people have been affected by the earthquake disaster in …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":90667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[31,12],"tags":[3715],"class_list":["post-90666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-syria","tag-syria-earthquake-victims"],"yoast_head":"\n