As a result of the earthquake in Syria, about 8,500 people died, WHO Regional Director of Emergencies Richard Brennan said, and emphasized that these numbers may still increase.
The number of victims of the earthquake in Turkey reached 29,605, the number of injured reached 147,934. According to the Turkish authorities, about 8,000 buildings in ten provinces of the country are subject to demolition. Turkish analysts estimated the economic damage of the earthquake at $84 billion, which is about 10% of the country's GDP, Bloomberg reorts. A major portion of that amount, about $70 billion, is the loss of housing.
Damage to infrastructure and loss of national income was estimated at $10.4 billion. The search and rescue operations in the disaster zone are still ongoing, the rescuers managed to get people out of the rubble even a week after the devastating earthquake.
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE VISITED ADANA
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias traveled to the Turkish city of Adana, where major destruction occurred after a devastating earthquake. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met him. According to him, Greece is one of the first countries that offered help to Turkey after the earthquake. Çavuşoğlu reminded that the Greek side immediately sent search and rescue teams and many planes with humanitarian aid to Turkey.
The head of Turkish diplomacy noted that Dendias' visit to the earthquake zone is an expression of the solidarity of Greece and the Greek people with Turkey. The Foreign Minister of Turkey reminded that the Minister of Civil Defense of Greece personally arrived in Adana, delivering aid to Turkey.
“I hope we will make efforts to resolve differences through dialogue. I express my gratitude to my friend Nikos Dendias, the Greek government and the Greek people for their support in these difficult times,” Çavuşoğlu said.
ANOTHER FLYING OBJECT CRASHED IN US AIR SPACE
The Pentagon said an F-16 fighter jet shot down another flying object over Lake Huron airspace, the same object seen over Montana. According to the assistant secretary of the US defense, the objects that appeared in the airspace of North America in recent days were shot down as a precaution. After shooting down a balloon belonging to China a few days ago, the US authorities are more closely monitoring the country's airspace.
ISRAEL STRIKES GAZA CENTER
Israeli fighter jets hit an underground military facility in the center of Gaza at night. The media reported that Israel responded in this way to the launch of a rocket from the Palestinian enclave controlled by Hamas on Saturday night. The Israel Defense Forces said the underground weapons facility produces parts for the production of rockets and is run by the Hamas group.
CYPRUS HAS A NEW PRESIDENT
The former head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis, has won the Presidential Elections of Cyprus. After processing 99.5% of the ballots, Christodoulidis received the support of 51.9% of the votes, and his rival Andreas Mavroyannis - 48.1%. The latter has already accepted his defeat.
