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In a new toll, the number of earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria has risen to nearly 10,000.
The Turkish Disaster Management Authority announced that the number of earthquake victims had increased to 7,108 dead and nearly 41,000 injured, and in Syria, the number of victims had risen to 2,530 dead and 4,654 injured.
In a press conference, the Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports revealed the collapse of 251 buildings in the city of "Osmaniye" alone, stressing the opening of the doors of all gyms to those affected by the earthquakes.
The Turkish Minister of Environment and Reconstruction said, in a press conference, that 684 aftershocks have been recorded in the region so far, some of which were of high intensity, calling on citizens not to enter the damaged homes, noting that search and rescue work is continuing in 900 collapsed buildings.
Today, Wednesday, Turkish media reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went to the earthquake zones to conduct an inspection tour to see the situation on the ground.
According to Sputnik, the Turkish president intends to visit the area of the devastating earthquake, which resulted in thousands of victims and injuries, on Wednesday.
It is noteworthy that Erdogan had declared a state of emergency for a period of 3 months in the affected areas and allocated 100 billion Turkish liras (about 5.3 billion dollars) to deal with the effects of the earthquake.
On the other hand, two Emirati and Indian planes arrived at Damascus International Airport today, Wednesday, carrying humanitarian and medical aid for the earthquake victims.

Damascus airport authorities said in a statement today, according to the Syrian News Agency, SANA, that the UAE plane was carrying a large load of humanitarian aid, weighing about 10 tons of medicines and medical devices, and the total humanitarian aid for the UAE amounted to about 1,050 tons of aid.

For his part, Chargé d'Affaires of the Indian Embassy in Damascus, Satinder Kumar Yadav, said that India knows the difficult times that Syria is going through, and anxiety increased after the devastating earthquake that occurred, and our duty requires us to provide assistance to it, adding that the aid plane coming from India carries about 6 tons of medical materials and medicines. .

Yadav added that another aid plane carrying medical relief materials is being prepared, which will arrive within the next 24 hours.

Also within the framework of humanitarian support for Syria, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced today, Wednesday, that Russian soldiers are providing humanitarian aid around the clock to the residents of the Syrian governorate of Aleppo, affected by the strong earthquakes that struck the region since last Monday.

A statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense - reported by the Russian TASS news agency - stated that soldiers from the Russian Reconciliation Center in Syria are providing humanitarian aid to the residents of Aleppo governorate affected by the earthquake, and food and basic necessities are distributed through points for distributing humanitarian aid, and Russian forces will continue to work to provide humanitarian assistance. for those affected.