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Two Emirati aircrafts deliver relief aid at Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in the coastal city of Jableh in Syria, after a massive earthquake killed and injured thousands in the country and neighbouring Turkey. IMAGES
Rescue workers move debris as they search for earthquake survivors in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted for the first that his government's search and rescue effort from this week's devastating earthquake was not going as quickly as hoped. IMAGES
At the international airport of Spata near Athens, staff load medical supplies and tents onto a plane bound for Adana as part of Greece's humanitarian aid to Turkey's earthquake-stricken region. More than 80 tons of humanitarian aid, mainly medical supplies and tents were sent to Adana. The aid was provided by the Greek Civil protection ministry. IMAGES
The UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Otto Pedersen, says that the United Nations has received assurances aid will reach the earthquake-devastated areas of northwestern Syria through the sole authorised crossing from Turkey "today". SOUNDBITE
The UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Otto Pedersen, underlines that the emergency response in Syria "must not be politicised" following "one of the most catastrophic earthquakes the region has seen in about a century". SOUNDBITE
French civil security rescue teams arrive at a NATO military base in the town of Incirlik in the southern Turkish province of Adana. The workers are here to assist the Turkish authorities in the search for survivors following a deadly earthquake that left more than 5,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria. IMAGES
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