Global Powers Rush To Offer Aid To Turkey And Syria As Freezing Conditions Hamper Rescue Efforts. In Pics

Turkey Earthquake: Countries from all over the world made contributions of assistance. The most important pledges of support are listed below.

Earthquake survivors gather to collect supplies at a diaper distribution in Hatay.

A massive earthquake that killed over 5,000 people in Turkey and Syria prompted swift mobilisation of nations to send aid and rescue personnel on Monday. Countries from all over the world made contributions of assistance. The most important pledges of support are listed below. ( Image Source: Getty )

UNITED STATES: The death toll has left United States President Joe Biden "deeply saddened." He added that teams from the United States were "deploying quickly to begin to support Turkish search and rescue efforts." John Kirby, a spokesperson for national security, stated that the Pentagon and USAID were coordinating with their Turkish counterparts while the United States was sending two 79-person search-and-rescue teams. ( Image Source: Getty )

GERMANY: Germany, which is home to approximately three million people who are of Turkish descent, will "mobilise all the assistance we can activate," according to Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. She stated that the Federal Agency for Technical Relief in Germany "can set up camps to provide shelter and water treatment units." Additionally, blankets, generators, and tents are being prepared. ( Image Source: Getty )

RUSSIA: During phone calls with Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syria's Bashar al-Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to send Russian teams to both countries. The Kremlin stated, "In the nearest hours, rescuers from the Russian emergency ministry will take off for Syria." According to the defense ministry, 300 soldiers stationed in Syria were assisting with the cleanup. ( Image Source: Getty )

BRITAIN: According to British Foreign Minister James Cleverly, a team of 76 search and rescue specialists, equipment, and rescue dogs will be sent. Additionally, Britain was sending a medical emergency team to assess the situation on the ground. ( Image Source: Getty )

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: The United Arab Emirates have pledged to provide Syria with search and rescue teams, urgent relief supplies, and emergency aid totaling approximately US$13.6 million. According to the official news agency WAM, the United Arab Emirates has already sent a pilot to southern Turkey to set up a field hospital there. ( Image Source: Getty )

UKRAINE: Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, stated that his war-torn nation was "ready to provide the necessary assistance to overcome the disaster's consequences." ( Image Source: Getty )