Syria’s Assad may consider more border crossings for quake aid: WHO
DAMASCUS: The WHO chief said Sunday that Syria’s President Bashar Assad had voiced openness to more border crossings for aid to be brought to quake victims in the country’s rebel-held northwest.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met with the Syrian president in Damascus on Sunday afternoon to discuss the response to the devastating earthquake which has killed more than 33,000 people across Syria and Turkiye.
![A picture of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a road where vehicles containing aid from Hashid Shaabi head to Syria to support victims of the deadly earthquake. (Reuters)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2023/02/12/3675071-1972571304.jpg)