Blinken sends 100 million dollars 💸

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has ordered 100 million 💰 in disaster relief aid for Syria and Turkey 🇹🇷. Both countries were hit by a gigantic 7.8 magnitude earthquake in the last week, killing over 46,000 people. The 100 million will be used for humanitarian assistance in the region and for migration assistance.

The US has already sent 185 million dollars 💵 to turkey, and 66 million dollars have been sent by other organizations and countries.

US President Biden says rescuing survivors has become quite hard due to the circumstances in Syria 🇸🇾.