Idlib, one of Syria's last opposition strongholds, is controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an armed Sunni Islamist group. Some of the areas of Syria most impacted by the earthquake are controlled by the President Bashar al-Assad's government, others by Turkish-backed and US-backed opposition forces, Kurdish rebels and Sunni Islamist fighters. Syria is ruled by a myriad of disparate groups. The international aid situation in Syria is less clear. Seventy countries and 14 international organizations have offered Turkey relief following the earthquake, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Tuesday, including the United States, United Kingdom, the UAE, Israel and Russia. There have been some dramatic rescues, including that of two sisters who had spent 62 hours under the rubble of their collapsed building in Gaziantep, Turkey.ĭisplaced Syrians take shelter on the outskirts of the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 8.At least three US citizens were killed in the quake in southeastern Turkey, a State Department spokesperson said. Instead, the crossing received the dead bodies of more than 300 Syrians who died in Turkey, the spokesperson said. But a spokesperson for the crossing said it has not seen any international aid as of Wednesday.
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