Stranded under rubble for over 100 hours | Rescue teams start to lose hope to find survivors, while de*ath toll exceeds 4,000

For the fifth consecutive day, rescue teams have been recovering bodies from under the rubble of building collapsed by the violent earthquake which hit Syria on Monday, which led to increasing death toll, especially with the poor capabilities of medical and rescue teams which make them unable to save a larger number of survivors. According to SOHR statistics, the latest death toll of Syria’s earthquake has reached 4,037, as well as the injury of nearly 4,000 others. The fatalities are distributed as follows:

 

• 1,797 people in regime-controlled areas.

 

• 2,240 people in areas controlled by the “Salvation Government” and the “Syrian Interim Government,” including hundreds of fatalities in Jendires and 161 others in Al-Atareb city in Aleppo countryside.

 

The total death toll does not include 375 Syrians, who were killed in Turkish territory due to the earthquake and whose bodies were transported to Syria.

 

SOHR sources have confirmed that rescue teams could not reach several villages and towns in regime-controlled areas and areas controlled by the “Salvation Government” and the “Syrian Interim Government,” while searching operations for survivors have stopped ins several areas, as rescue teams started to lose hope of finding people who may remain alive after five days of the disaster. According to the latest developments, the number of Syrians who have been killed due to the devastating earthquake is expected to exceed 6,000.

 

It is worth noting that the inhabitants of tens of villages, including 21 villages in regime-controlled areas in the eastern countryside of Idlib, have buried their relatives, who were killed due to the earthquake, even before the arrival of rescue teams in these villages.

 

The violent earthquake also caused total and partial damage to buildings in nearly 120 villages, towns and cities in the middle, north-west and west of Syria.

 

Hospitals throughout Syria have been running at full capacity and rescue teams have been exerting utmost efforts since Monday dawn, attempting to save and rescue the largest possible number of the earthquake victims. Also, residents in different areas in north Syria region have participated in the rescue efforts to recover people locked down under rubble, especially since no diggers, machineries or rescue teams have been sent to these areas.