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TURKIYE & NORTH-WEST SYRIA, FEBRUARY 2023 Earthquakes are gender neutral - they affect everyone in their vicinity - but their impacts are not. Gender inequality exacerbates the impact of disasters, and the impacts of disasters exacerbate gender…

Situation Overview More than 100 trucks loaded with UN aid have crossed into north-west Syria since the cross-border aid operation resumed on February 9. Aid ranged from tents, blankets to heaters as well as food, medicines and…

Context On February 6, 2023 at 04:17, a major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 occurred in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaraş.1 Before even allowing the proper set up of rescue-search and aid mechanisms, a second earthquake…

The twin earthquakes 7.7 and 7.5 magnitude and the aftershocks that hit southern Turkey and Northern Syria on Monday 6th February have impacted over 23 million people. It is estimated that over 35,000 people have already…

Highlights 4M Affected Population 2M Severely Affected 1,414 Deaths 2,349 Injuries 12,130 Palestine Refugees The UN and humanitarian partners today launched a Flash Appeal calling for $397.6 million of emergency assistance to provide relief to 4.9 million people in most acute need…

Agenda "Introduction and general update – Sanjay, OCHA (10 min.)" "AAWG updates – Magalie Salazar, OCHA (10 min.)" "Humanitarian supplies and stock tracking updates – Tarek Elgebely, OCHA (10 min.)" "Cross-border operations updates – Wael Iskandar, OCHA (10 min.)" "Displacement tracking…

Situation Overview Humanitarian access from Türkiye to north-west Syria expanded with the opening of Bal Al-Salam and Al Ra’ee border crossings on 14 February for an initial period of three months. This decision was welcomed by the…

$51M URGENTLY NEEDED 8.8M PEOPLE AFFECTED 630K PEOPLE TARGETED SITUATION OVERVIEW An earthquake of 7.7 magnitude hit Southern Türkiye and Northern Syria in the early hours (4:17 AM) of Monday 06 February 2023, followed closely followed by another one of magnitude 7.5. The…

TOTAL POPULATION 22.1M PEOPLE AFFECTED 8.8M PEOPLE TARGETED 4.9M REQUIREMENTS (US$) $397.6M *At least 8.8 million people have been affected by the earthquake, with the majority anticipated to need some form of humanitarian assistance. This Flash Appeal will ensure assistance…

SITUATION OVERVIEW | A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria Feb 6, 2023, causing widespread destruction. One of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century, while a second powerful…