how difficult is it for you to understand and communicate with the people on the ground in syria? thank ou so people on the ground in syria? thank you so much people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for having people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for having us, people on the ground in syria? thank you so much for having us, first - people on the ground in syria? “maria; you so much for having us, first of all. at the moment, it is very difficult. 0ur volunteers on the ground are spread very thin. the catastrophe has definitely put us away over capacity. we are dealing with a population of 4 million people after this huge, catastrophic situation, and our organisation is approximately 3000 people on the ground. it isjust approximately 3000 people on the ground. it is just way too much from one organisation to handle. we ground. it isjust way too much from one organisation to handle. we have heard from the
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this is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m martine croxall, and these are the latest headlines. syria s voluntary group of rescuers known as the white helmets say they agree with the un aid chief s comments that the international community has failed people in the country s north west, where thousands of people have died since monday s earthquakes. disappointment and abandonment is definitely a general feeling that is happening. 0ur organisation has been calling for help, for manpower, for rescue equipment, and in the first couple of days we willjust ignored and left to deal with the situation on our own. turkish police issue more than a hundred arrest warrants as part of an investigation into poor building standards after this week s devastating earthquakes. defying the odds, this 10 year old
we believe there are policies in place to be able to respond to a catastrophe at this level, and we believe that politics should be put aside in order to properly respond to such a devastating circumstance. the un aid chief says the people of north west syria are right to feel they ve been abandoned in the aftermath of the earthquake. visiting the country earlier, martin griffiths said this must be corrected as fast as possible. mannar al kharboutly from the town of al atarib in idlib province in north west syria spoke to the bbc about the desperate situation there. here, the local people, the civilians here in the north of syria are trying to help to help each other, to provide the people with food and to provide them with camp grounds. but it s too too few. too little. too little aid. we cannot cover all that damage by ourselves. the border crossings, they were closed for days