the situation in northern syria was desperate even before earthquake struck the region is home to millions of refugees displaced by years of civil war. some emergency aid has been flown in from iran and the gulf states but the syrian government has also asked the european union for help. the group of volunteers known as the white helmets are leading the rescue efforts. our international editor jeremy bowen reports. something to celebrate at last in a place without much good news. a family of six was rescued alive from the rubble in idlib, the last part of syria still controlled by rebels. the rescuers, a group called the white helmets that the uk helps to fund, are experts. they ve been digging out survivors of the assad regime s air strikes for much of syria s long war. the geological faults that brought
and around the world. we begin in turkey and syria, where more than twelve thousand people are now known to have died in the earthquakes which devastated the region just two days ago. rescue workers continue their search for survivors but hope is beginning to fade. in turkey, there s growing anger at the speed of the rescue effort with many complaining that they ve had no help, trying to pull people from the rubble. while in syria, the state media is reporting that some three hundred thousand people have been forced to leave their homes. more from syria shortly, but first let s hear from our middle east correspondent anna foster who was among the first journalists to reach the epicentre zone. she sent this report from the turkish city of karaman marash. the devastating power of the earth, seen from the air. swathes of this city lie in ruins buildings, homes, lives have been destroyed. in many cities, the search now isn t for survivors,
down these buildings cut right across the front lines and zones of influence that have devastated syria since 2011. this is aleppo, syria s biggest city, back in regime hands since the rebels here were defeated in 2016. now syria has a huge natural disaster on the back of the man made catastrophe that broke the country. in aleppo hospital, every bed has its own tragedy. only three members of this man s family survived when their home collapsed. 13 of them were killed. they were, he says my father, my mother, my brother, his wife, and theirfour children. and the wife and two kids of the brother who was rescued with me also died. faced with such disaster, the un, which already helps care for millions of syrians, appealed for some national solidarity. we are hoping that everybody puts
americans backyards. it s simply a way of trying to make it real. we have a crisis. and what s crazy is this is politicized. there s border funding indirectly from the united states congress, for poland and belarus, same in syria., yet we have this border wall if you, well-built against the idea of doing anything tied to securing our own border first, over other political activities cup. and what would that look like? building his own border. walls governor, i looking for solutions. well with that look like? we all want the border secured. what are we not doing, would that look like do you? the first thing, you overturn what biden has done. and allowing asylum in the united states as opposed to mexico. i m again, i m not a trump fan. as well chronicled. what they did say, you re gonna have asylum. why are you waiting for asylum in mexico. title 42, which is what the supreme court s debating right now that s title 42, that s what the supreme great is going to be deciding o
llama that have caused tens and thousands of syrian civilians to die and starve and i would make sure that we stop supporting terrorists like al qaeda in syria who have been the ground force in this ongoing regime change war. tucker: they called her a russian asset. that slur is so common that we don t really think about it. this is a transparently patriotic person, elected number of congress serving in the u.s. army who was also by the way one of the nicest people in all of washington who is making traditionally liberal points about war. not that all wars are bad or war is never necessary. she s participated in wars personally. she was merely saying and has said dozens of times on television that wars that don t benefit the united states are probably a bad idea for us to engage in. that s all she said. and for that, she was run out of town. why is that?