King Charles hears emotional pleas for Turkey-Syria earthquake aid
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- 15 Feb 2023
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King Charles has heard emotional pleas for urgent help from families who have lost relatives in the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria.
The King spoke to a Syrian man who had lost his mother, father and other family in this "catastrophe".
"Seven days my family were under the rubble and no rescue teams reached them," said Salah Al-Asmar.
The King was hearing first-hand stories from the Syrian community in an event at Trafalgar Square in London.
A temporary "Syria House" has been opened in the square, providing a focus for the earthquake relief efforts of the Syrian community in the UK, many already displaced by the country's civil war.
Mr Al-Asmar, who works with the White Helmets emergency relief group, was originally from Syria, but his family had been living across the border in Turkey when they were lost in the earthquake.
"I couldn't sleep for seven days, before I heard, unfortunately, all of them had died," said Mr Al-Asmar, who had been comforted by the King.
"We need more help," he told the King, calling for a more rapid response from the international community, when thousands of lives had been lost and "thousands of houses have been totally destroyed". Read More…
