ALEPPO, SYRIA – February 28: A Syrian child looks at A Syrian Jasmine 23 years old paint a painting over the destroyed buildings due to the earthquake in the city of Jindires, according to the locals almost 1400 people lost their lives, and the city was badly damaged due to the earthquake on February 28, 2023 in Aleppo, Syria. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, in the early hours of February 6, followed by another 7.5-magnitude tremor just after midday. The quakes caused widespread destruction in southern Turkey and northern Syria and has killed more than 40,000 people.(Photo by Abdulmonam Eassa/Getty Images)

a UN-appointed commission of inquiry said that the UN and the Syrian government were responsible for delays in getting emergency aid to people after earthquake. The commission’s chairman Paulo Pinheiro called for an independent investigation. He described the situation as “the wholesale failure by the [Syrian] government and the international community, including the United Nations, to rapidly direct urgent life-saving support to Syrians in the direst need.”

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