At least 24,596 people have been confirmed dead after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and north-western Syria on Monday, with multiple aftershocks. Griffiths said he was launching a three-month operation for Turkey and Syria to help pay for the costs of operations there. Griffiths also told Reuters he hoped in Syria aid would go to both government and opposition-held areas, but that things with this regard were “not clear yet”. Responding to criticism of the UN’s response to the urgent need in Syria after the earthquake, he added: “I think if I was standing in the middle of...