Syria faces a double crisis due to war, earthquakes, UN official says (+Photo)

Damascus, Feb 9 (Prensa Latina) United Nations Resident Coordinator in Syria Al-Mustafa bin Al-Maleeh said on Thursday that this nation is suffering from a double crisis due to the war it has faced since 2011 and the earthquakes that struck the northern region.

The situation is extremely difficult, as there were 15 million Syrians who needed assistance in the past, four million of which needed assistance almost daily, and this number increased now due to the repercussions of the devastating earthquakes, the UN official said in statements to SANA.

He added that there are people who were displaced from their homes for the second time, and only in Aleppo, more than 30,000 women and children are in shelters, schools, mosques, and churches, and perhaps this same number or more are in the remaining provinces.

Bin Al-Maleeh called for not politicizing the humanitarian issue in Syria and maid it clear that the needs are very large and aid must be offered to them.

The sanctions imposed on Syria are harming humanitarian work amidst a difficult situation due to the earthquakes, the coordinator said.

According to health authorities and local activists, thousands of people have died due to the earthquakes that devastated central and northwestern Syria.