“The population is in a state of absolute despair and anguish. There are people wandering through the streets, not knowing where to go, and desperately searching for family and friends. Many people have died or are missing,” reported the archbishop of Homs, Jean Abdo Arbach to Aid to the Church in Need.
The devastating earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria in the early hours of Monday has killed more than 300 people, directly affected thousands of people, including many Christian communities in Syria that were already facing chaos and struggles after more than a decade of war, persecution and, more recently, a crippling financial crisis.
“In addition to the lack of food and the harsh winter, the cold, the snow… now people are going to find themselves without a roof, with their houses destroyed by the earthquake,” he added, “so the most urgent thing is food and medicine”.
Mgr Jean Abdo Arbach, Archbishop of Homs, Syria,
after the earthquake that strongly shook the north of the country and Turkey.
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