syria supports the entry of humanitarian aid into the region through all possible cross points, whether from inside syria or across the borders. the white helmets emergency group says people in the region have felt disappointed and abandoned. the basic aid that will now hopefully reach them will make living possible, but their lives in a country still locked in a civil war won t be easily rebuilt. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. ammar al salmo is a volunteer with the white helmets officially known as the syria civil defence. he has been cordinating the team s emergency response, he told me about what it s like on the ground in aleppo. the situation is so devastating, the search and secure operation
is ongoing, but hope is fading to find survivors, just we get, we dig our people from under the rubble, so number of people increase hours by hours, moments by moments. the situation of the survivors. before the quake, the situation was a dire situation, more than two million living in camps, more than three million were in need of material aid from outside the country. there is no infrastructure, right now life is disrupted. the time of recovery, recovery to the wounded, more than 2,000 wounded need help. there is not enough doctors, we just move injured from hospital to hospital, not finding a specialist doctorfor the injury, turkey border is not allowed the injured to turkish hospitals,
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usually before the earthquake, turkish hospitals were receiving injuries from this area, but right now, it is blocked, so the situation is so dire, for 14,000 families who are homeless need shelter, need help, need clean water, need electricity, everything is right now, life is. so trying at the same time, continue to also help in recovery, maintain and rehabilitate the roads, open roads and infrastructure. i can sense your sense of desperation, i assumed you welcome the decision by president assad to open two more border crossings from turkey into syria, what impact do you think that will have on getting the kind of aid that you have been describing, that is so obviously needed? that is disappointing,
get a sense of what life is like in southern turkey for those people affected by the earthquake. both live pictures from gaziantep in southern turkey. let s talk now with ammar al salmo. ammar is a volunteer with the white helmets, officially known as the syria civil defence. he has been cordinating the team s emergency response. really good to have you with us. can you give us a sense of what the situation is like in aleppo, where you are? hi. situation is like in aleppo, where ou are? . ~ situation is like in aleppo, where ou are? ., ~ you are? hi, thank you. the situation you are? hi, thank you. the situation is you are? hi, thank you. the situation is so you are? hi, thank you. the situation is so devastating. | you are? hi, thank you. the i situation is so devastating. the search and rescue operation is ongoing but hope is fading to find survivors. the member of the dead is