The statement adds that the aid includes antiseptics and disinfectants, hormonal drugs, blood transfusion systems, antibiotics, antipyretics and analgesics.

According to the head of the medical service of the Russian task group in Syria, Colonel Alexander Liseenko, humanitarian aid is distributed to all the cities affected by the earthquakes.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that the quakes left over 5,700 deaths and more than 9,900 injured in areas both controlled and not controlled by the Syrian government.

In turn, the Syrian Ministry of Health reported 1,414 deaths and 2,357 injuries in territories under the jurisdiction of the national authorities.

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