[UPDATE] @SyriaCivilDef (White Helmets) statement for NW Syria: 📌2,166 dead 📌2,950 injured 📌479 buildings completely destroyed 📌1,481 buildings severely destroyed 📌No survivors pulled from rubble since Thursday 📌Most deaths in Jindires (513) twitter.com/RojavaIC/statu…

@SyriaCivilDef state that they are moving from 'Search and Rescue' to 'Search and Recover' operations, as they do not expect to find any more survivors. 📌"Our teams faced numerous difficulties, including the shortage of fuel needed to operate heavy machinery, the vast...

... geographical spread of the destruction across NW Syria, the lack of modern technical equipment to locate the injured, such as thermal sensors and pulse sensors, and the absence of international aid and support." syriacivildefence.org/en/latest/medi…

Jindires is the hardest hit town in NW Syria (513 dead, 831 injured). Residents have protested against the local council for failing to organize aid. In the crucial first 72 hours post-quake, only local charities were working to help people, with severe equipment shortages.

Talking to @AlMonitor, @SyriaCivilDef blasted the poor response of the international community and criticized the Turkish government: 📌"No relief or medical aid, or any other kind of assistance, entered the opposition-held areas in the north of Syria despite the urgent...

... need for this aid. We hoped to see relief convoys consisting of digging equipment and cranes to pull the victims trapped under the rubble. We also need trained rescue teams with devices to detect the survivors. Unfortunately, there has been no humanitarian response".