Rescue teams say death tolls will continue to rise if UN does not speed up ‘overly cautious’ delivery of aid into rebel-held region
Pressure is mounting on the UN to provide urgent support to north-western Syria, which is yet to receive meaningful aid five days after the earthquake that devastated the region, and with the chance of finding any survivors beneath the rubble almost gone.
One convoy of six UN lorries entered the opposition-held part of the country from Turkey on Thursday carrying blankets and basic supplies, but that had been arranged before the disaster that has killed at least 3,500 people inside Syria and left thousands more buried under rubble.
