Saudi aid for Turkey earthquake victims

On Friday, Saudi Arabia announced its intention to send aid to those affected by the earthquake in the Turkish state of Izmir at the end of last month.

The official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) stated that Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz directed the “King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center” to send urgent medical, humanitarian and shelter assistance to those affected in Turkey by the earthquake that struck the Aegean Sea recently.

The agency added: “This comes out of his (King Salman) keenness to stand by the brotherly Turkish people.”

On October 30, an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred in the area located off the coast of the state of Izmir, western Turkey, killing 114 people, in addition to injuring hundreds, and destroying many residential buildings.

On Wednesday, Turkey announced the suspension of search and rescue efforts amid the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of the strong earthquake, which caused the largest number of deaths in Turkey in nearly ten years, and also caused 1035 injuries in Izmir, and 137 are still receiving treatment.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management said the quake reached 6.6 magnitude and was followed by 1,855 aftershocks. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7, while the Kandili Observatory in Istanbul said its magnitude was 6.9.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Department said that the earthquake led to the sinking of 22 boats and 43 strandings, of which 40 were rescued.

More than 500 people were killed in an earthquake in 2011 in the east of the country, and another earthquake last January killed 41 in the east of the country.

In 1999, about 18,000 people died when an earthquake struck northwestern Turkey.

Source link
http://mubasher.aljazeera.net/news/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%B1%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7

These were the details of the news Saudi aid for Turkey earthquake victims for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.

It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at eg24.news and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.

PREV New Zealand government to ban disposable e-cigarettes
NEXT Italy foreign minister urges ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza