Structural engineers, soldiers, paramedics and handlers with trained search dogs are heading to Turkiye and Syria to help locate and rescue survivors of Monday's earthquake. Here's a glance at the assistance being provided:
— The European Union has mobilised search and rescue teams to help Turkiye, while the bloc's Copernicus satellite system has been activated to provide emergency mapping services.
At least 19 member countries have offered assistance. The European Commission is also helping neighbouring Syria by funding humanitarian organizations supervising search and rescue operations.
— The United States is coordinating immediate assistance to Turkiye, including teams to support search and rescue efforts. In California, nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters and structural engineers, along with six specially trained dogs, were being sent to Turkiye.
— War-ravaged Syria called for the United Nations and its members to help with rescue efforts, health services, shelter and food aid. Both government-held territory and the last opposition-held enclave were damaged by the earthquake.— The International Committee of the Red Cross has sent enough surgical material to treat 100 people to one of the public hospitals in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
More medical equipment is on its way to Aleppo, Latakia and Tartous. The Red Cross also is donating canned food, blankets, mattresses and other essential items for distribution in the many shelters being set-up in affected areas. — Russian rescue teams from the Emergencies Ministry were sent to Syria, where Russian military deployed in that country already has sent 10 units comprising 300 people to help clear debris and search for survivors.
The Russian military has set up points to distribute humanitarian assistance. Russia also has offered help to Turkiye, which has been accepted.