Three British nationals are missing following an earthquake which struck south-eastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, the Foreign Secretary has said 🔴 James Cleverly said that at least 35 British nationals have been “directly affected” by the earthquake
said at least 812 people were killed and 1,449 people injured in the government-held provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Idlib and Tartous.
The Turkish government is requesting international assistance “on a scale that matches the enormity of the situation that they are facing”, Mr Cleverly said. “Many of the 3.5 million Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey reside in the affected provinces. Turkey’s outstanding disaster relief response capability has been severely tested by the sheer scale of this catastrophe.
“Obviously we do not have a relationship with the Assad government in Syria, but notwithstanding that we will work with those organisations, whether it be the White Helmets, the United Nations or others, who are on the ground in Syria and of course work closely with the Turkish government,” he added.
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