![]() ![]() And all the people are afraid and worried." "To provide them with diesel and fuel to operate the electrical generators because no electricity in all hospitals," he said. ![]() ![]() He, along with others on the ground, has been delivering aid to local hospitals struggling to keep up. Mustafa Aledou works for MedGlobal, a Chicago-area medical non-profit. "I moved from Idlib with my parents to live in a camp near the Turkish/Kurdish border."ĭr. "I am in Idlib City but today I moved today," said Dr. Many of the aid workers already stationed there are now displaced themselves. The rebel-controlled, war-ravaged region depends on aid from Turkey, not their own government, and the borders are temporarily closed. But still they are fine," Colak said.Īcross the border in Syria, the situation is, if anything, even more desperate. Huseyin Colak's family is safe in a different part of Turkey, but some of his loved ones have been impacted. "I know this is not going to relief their wound, their loss." "We are here to show them we are with them," said Huseyin Colak, with Turkish American Religious Foundation. "After I heard they were OK, I was somewhat relieved but my pain is so huge, it's hard to explain." "I tried to reach them very quickly," Yazgan-Hadzibulic said. Yazgan-Hadzibulic's mother, father and sister live in one of the impacted areas. "No matter who they are, they are someone's mom, someone's dad, someone's loved one," volunteer Seda Yazgan-Hadzibulic said. The first truckful was picked up by the Turkish consulate earlier on Tuesday. Volunteers at Skokie's IQRA Educational Foundation helped sort and box donations that have poured in since Monday. ![]()
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