Erdogan faces crescendo of criticism over response • ‘Lack of capabilities’ in war-hit Syria quake zone too
Civilians are reliant on rescue efforts to help bounce back from the devastation of the earthquake.
500 people are entering the hospital daily, but the hospital is running out of medical supplies.
As planes arrive in Damascus, locals and aid organizations are worried about the slow pace of aid and equipment reaching northwest Syria.
At least 1,444 people were killed in Syria and about 3,500 injured following the earthquake that also killed nearly 3,000 in Turkey.
Putin spoke by phone with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan to express his condolences over the death and destruction brought by the earthquake.
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