International Development Organization USA (YOU SAID) will provide $85 million in emergency humanitarian assistance Turkey And Syriaannounced tonight.

In his statement, Mr. YOU SAID it says the money will be provided “to provide much-needed assistance to millions of people.”

OUR YOU SAID “Provides food and shelter for refugees and displaced people, winter supplies to help families cope with the cold, critical medical services, safe drinking water to prevent disease, and sanitation to keep people safe and healthy,” he added.

WHO chief ‘on his way’ to Syria

In addition, the director-general of the World Health Organization said on his Twitter account on Thursday that he is “on his way” to Syria, which on Monday was hit along with neighboring Turkey by a powerful earthquake, the total number of victims of which already exceeds 20,000.

“I am heading to Syria, where WHO is supporting basic health care in areas hit by the recent earthquake, building on our long-standing work in the country,” wrote Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Almost simultaneously, the UN announced that Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths would travel this weekend to the affected areas of Turkey and Syria.

Griffiths will travel to Gaziantep in southern Turkey and Aleppo in northwestern Syria. During this visit, he will also meet “with the authorities of the Syrian capital of Damascus.”

^{According to APE – MEB, Reuters, AFP}