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PMF builds temporary housing units for Syrians affected by earthquake

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 7 Mar 00:51

The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) began building temporary shelters that include 500 ready-to-use housing units in the Jibreen area, east of Aleppo, in Syria. 

  • PMF engineers build housing units for Syrians (archive)
    PMF engineers build housing units for Syrians (archive)

The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) began establishing temporary shelters that include 500 ready-to-use housing units in the Jibreen area, east of Aleppo, in Syria. 

The area of ​​the housing unit is 40 square meters, and it is assessed to accommodate 500 families affected by the earthquake in Aleppo.

Muayyad al-Saadi, the spokesman of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces campaign, said, "This is a fast-manufactured and low-cost housing project covering an area of ​​40 square meters."

Al-Saadi explained, "The house contains two rooms, a hall, a kitchen, and a sanitary set, and it is presented as accommodations to afflicted families."

One of the Iraqi volunteers said: "We have 21 engineers ready to help in accommodating 500 families" He added, "We are at the service of the Syrian people, as Iraq and Syria are one nation."

Read more: Over 850,000 children still displaced by Turkey, Syria quakes: UNICEF

In the same context, more than 850,000 children are still displaced by the recent devastating quakes in both Turkey and Syria, UNICEF said in a release on Monday.  

The impact of the earthquakes has been catastrophic on the children and families in the region, the Fund stressed, explaining that hundreds of thousands of people have been left in desperate conditions, while many are now living in temporary shelters after losing their homes.

Read: Turkey and Syria earthquake victims' number exceed 50,000

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6. The quake is considered among the strongest since 1939, according to Turkish official statements. A large number of aftershocks followed in recent days in a number of Syria's provinces and neighboring countries.

The earthquake is currently ranked seventh among the deadliest natural disasters this century, surpassing the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and being close to the 2003 earthquake that struck neighboring Iran in terms of victims' number.

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Thousands have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a powerful earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday. The magnitude 7.8 quake was one of the strongest to strike the area in more than a century. Rescue workers are digging through debris in freezing conditions, while the death toll is on the rise.

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