Rescue efforts continue in Türkiye and Syria, and after 6 days, people are found alive after the earthquake. The death toll has reached 26,000 and is expected to rise. Fortunately, international aid has increased in Syria.

A two-month-old baby was rescued 128 hours after the earthquake in the city of Antakya, Anadolu Agency reported.

Turkish media reported that a pregnant woman, a two-year-old girl, and a father with his four-year-old son were rescued five days after the earthquake.

This Saturday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in the Syrian city of Aleppo, which was heavily hit by the earthquake, with the aim of visiting hospitals and reception centers with local authorities.

The good news is that Tedros reported the arrival of “around 37 tons of emergency medical supplies” and that more than 30 tons of aid will arrive tomorrow.

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The WHO director is a doctor and warned of other serious repercussions of the tragedy. “Water supplies and other services have been affected, people are exposed to diarrheal diseases and other health problems, especially mental health problems,” he said.

UN-supervised aid to be released

After visiting the affected areas, he said he was heartbroken “to see the conditions faced by survivors.”

The Syrian government has announced that it will allow aid to be received in the rebel-held northwest of the country.

However, this aid will have to be “supervised by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Red Crescent”, and will have the support of the UN.

So far, all aid given to rebel areas has been coming slowly, through the Bab al-Hawa border post, the only one guaranteed by the UN.

On Saturday, for the first time in 35 years, a border crossing with Armenia was opened to facilitate the transport of aid, according to Anadolu Agency.

According to the Turkish agency for emergencies and natural disasters, around 32,000 people are mobilized in rescue operations, with a total of 8,000 foreign rescuers.

Austrian and German aid units announced today the suspension of operations in Hatay due to the worsening security situation in the area.

However, two rescuers with Austrian dogs were able to resume their duties hours later under military protection, according to a military spokesman.

New death toll released this Saturday

Meanwhile, in Türkiye, 48 people have been arrested for looting. Prosecutors can now detain looting suspects for seven days under a decree.

Despite the efforts of emergency services, the death toll continues to rise. The latest toll published on Saturday is 25,901 deaths, with 22,327 in Türkiye and 3,574 in Syria.

Five days after the terrible earthquake, considered the deadliest in the region since 1939, the initial commotion has been replaced by anger and revolt in Turkey due to the government's response and the poor quality of the buildings.

About 12,141 buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged, authorities estimated.

Turkish police arrested 12 people over building collapses in Gaziantep and Sanliurfa provinces on Monday. More arrests are expected after the prosecutor in Diyarbakir, another of the 10 southeastern provinces hit by the earthquake, issued arrest warrants for 29 people.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faced with criticism of his government's management, issued a sort of "mea culpa" on Friday.

“There were so many buildings damaged that unfortunately we were unable to speed up our interventions as we would have liked,” he said during a visit to Adiyaman.