US announces $85 million in assistance for Syria’s Turkiye
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Roshan Amiri
- . February 10, 2023
- . Update: February 10, 2023 7:05 pm
Following a severe earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the United States on Thursday released an initial $85 million package for humanitarian relief.
According to the US Agency for International Development, the money would be given to local partners “to deliver desperately needed help for millions of people,” including food, housing, and emergency medical care.
According to a statement from the organisation, the funds would help support sanitation and safe drinking water to stop the spread of disease.
The declaration follows a telephone conversation between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu earlier on Thursday to address the requirements of NATO’s allies.
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Ned Price, a spokesman for the State Department, detailed the conversation to reporters and said, “We are delighted to join the international efforts to help Turkiye just as Turkiye has so often offered its own humanitarian rescue specialists to so many other nations in the past.”
According to officials, the US has already dispatched rescue teams to Turkiye and donated concrete breakers, generators, water purification equipment, and helicopters.
As the United States refuses to work with Syrian President Bashar Assad and wants accountability for violations committed during the terrible civil conflict, aid to Syria is provided through local partners.
