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Added on the 13/02/2023 14:22:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The first UN aid convoy for earthquake victims arrive at Bab al-Hawa border crossing in rebel-held northwestern Syria. IMAGES
Syria will grant the United Nations permission to use a key crossing to deliver humanitarian aid to civilians in rebel-held northwest Syria for a period of six months, Bassam Sabbagh, Syrian ambassador to the UN, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says from Damascus that President Bashar al-Assad has voiced openness to more border crossings for aid to be brought to quake victims in rebel-held northwestern Syria. SOUNDBITE
Two Emirati aircrafts deliver relief aid at Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in the coastal city of Jableh in Syria, after a massive earthquake killed and injured thousands in the country and neighbouring Turkey. IMAGES
The UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Otto Pedersen, says that the United Nations has received assurances aid will reach the earthquake-devastated areas of northwestern Syria through the sole authorised crossing from Turkey "today". SOUNDBITE
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