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ANTAKYA: Rescuers pulled a survivor from earthquake rubble today, six days after one of the worst natural disasters to hit parts of Syria and Turkey, as the death toll exceeded 28,000 and looked set to rise further. In Syria, the disaster hit hardest in the rebel-held northwest, leaving many homeless for a second time after they were displaced by a decade-old civil war, though the region has received little aid compared to government-held areas. He praised Turkey’s response, saying his experience was that disaster victims were always disappointed by early relief efforts. The earthquake hit as Erdogan faces a national election scheduled for June. It has killed 24,617 inside Turkey, and more than 3,500 in Syria, where tolls have not been updated since Friday.
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