Anthony Blinken tours Earthquake devastated zone pledging assistance

Aftermath of the deadly earthquake © Thomson Reuters

Mathew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.

Important Takeaways:

  • Blinken pledges long-term aid for Turkey after devastating earthquakes
  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Turkey on Monday the United States would help “for as long as it takes” after deadly earthquakes two weeks ago, as Turkish authorities carried out wide-scale demolition of damaged buildings.
  • Washington has sent a search and rescue team to Turkey, along with medical supplies, concrete-breaking machinery and additional funding in humanitarian aid that also covers Syria.
  • Blinken on Sunday toured an area devastated by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that killed more than 47,000 people in southern Turkey and northwest Syria.
  • Total U.S. humanitarian assistance to support the earthquake response in the two countries has reached $185 million, the U.S. State Department has said.
  • [Death Toll] was expected to climb further, with some 385,000 apartments in the country known to have been destroyed or seriously damaged and many people still missing.

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