The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 19,000 till Thursday.
According to the Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at least 16,546 people have died in Turkey while at least 3,162 have been killed in Syria.
The first UN aid convoy has reached rebel-held northwest Syria from Turkey, reports Al Jazeera.
Six trucks with aid supplies from the United Nations have crossed into northwest Syria, the first such delivery, but human rights groups sharply criticised their timing and content.
“Shame on the United Nations for sending six trucks with aid which were already coming into northwest Syria before the earthquake took place,” said Rami Abdul Rahman, who has been monitoring violence inside war-torn Syria since 2011 and is the founder of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
“This is a mockery. The trucks had very, very few things,” he said, adding the cargo could have “fit in one truck”.
Meanwhile, NATO says it is continuing to provide assistance to ally Turkey.
“Alliance military transport aircraft are facilitating the rapid movement of essential support to the worst hit #earthquake areas,” NATO Air Command said on Twitter.
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