MSF aid convoy enters areas of northwestern Syria devastated by earthquake
Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, MSF) said on Sunday that 14 of its trucks have entered areas of northwest Syria devastated by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake.
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A convoy of trucks from Doctors Without Borders carried aid to earthquake victims [source: Getty]
Paris-founded medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that a convoy of 14 MSF trucks had entered northwestern Syria on February 19 from a nearby border crossing to assist in earthquake rescue operations.
More than 46,000 people have been killed as a result of the quake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6.
The toll is expected to climb, with about 345,000 apartments in Turkey now known to have been destroyed and many people still missing.
MSF delivered 1,296 tents for families left homeless by the earthquake and 1,296 winter kits to insulate the tents, according to a statement from the organisation.
They said, however, that humanitarian provision does not match its pre-earthquake average volume yet.
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