The U.N. has reported a loss of life toll of about 6,000 for all of Syria, together with 4,400 within the rebel-held northwest. That determine is increased than these reported by authorities authorities in Damascus and civil protection officers within the northwest, who’ve reported 1,414 and a couple of,274 deaths respectively.

“We’re hoping that this quantity won’t improve by a lot,” Hadi stated. “However from what we’re seeing … the devastation of this earthquake is absolutely not giving us quite a lot of hope that this would be the finish of it.”

Hadi famous that even earlier than the earthquake, there have been some 4.1 million individuals in want of help in northwest Syria, lots of whom have been already displaced and have now turn into homeless or displaced once more.

Locals fighting the aftermath of the earthquake have criticized delays in getting U.N. help to the realm. Roads resulting in the one border crossing from Turkey to Syria that the U.N. is permitted to make use of have been broken by the earthquake. The primary convoy of help to enter northwest Syria got here three days after the quake.

The U.N. and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reached a deal Monday to open two extra crossings, however critics say the U.N. ought to have used extra crossings with out ready for approval or discovered one other technique to get help in, in gentle of the dire state of affairs on the bottom.

Syrian rescue staff and those that misplaced properties and members of the family within the quake have criticized the sluggish arrival of help, saying they felt deserted by the worldwide neighborhood.

“I can guarantee you that now we have performed the whole lot we are able to from the very starting,” Hadi stated. “We requested all people to place the pursuits of the individuals first. We requested all people to de-politicize the humanitarian state of affairs and give attention to supporting us to succeed in the individuals.”

Hadi stated 120 help vehicles had crossed into northwestern Syria from Turkey as of Thursday.

To this point, no help convoys have crossed from Damascus-controlled territory into the rebel-held areas. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the al-Qaida-linked insurgent group that controls a lot of the northwest has to this point refused to permit help to cross from authorities areas.

Hadi stated the U.N. is “working with all events” to open the route to help, however acknowledged that “to this point, we haven’t been profitable.”

The U.N. has appealed for $397 million to supply “desperately wanted, life-saving reduction,” together with shelter, meals and well being take care of the subsequent three months.

Extra issues will nearly definitely come up as soon as the earthquake response moved from fast emergency help to rebuilding, however Hadi stated it’s too early to consider that.

“What we have to give attention to proper now’s the humanitarian work,” he stated.

Related Press workers author Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.