ICRC Calls for 'Urgent Action' in Syria One Month on From Deadly Earthquakes

Urgent action is needed in northwestern Syria to avoid “devastating humanitarian consequences”, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said, one month on from the powerful earthquakes that hit the Turkish-Syrian border region.Footage from the ICRC shows damage and recovery efforts in Aleppo and Latakia.The cities were among areas declared disaster zones.The ICRC said it was working with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to provide food, water, shelter, and healthcare to tens of thousands of people in Aleppo, Latakia, and Hama.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on February 20 that Syria’s death toll had risen to 8,476. Credit: ICRC via Storyful
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