Earthquake disaster: ‘We must put people first’ urges Guterres in race to save lives

In a heartfelt appeal based on his years of visiting the devastated area, as Secretary-General and previously as head of the UN refugee agency

, Antonio Guterres said that what had been a “centre of solidarity is now an epicentre of suffering.”

‘Nightmare on top of nightmare’

“People are facing nightmare on top of nightmare. The earthquake struck as the humanitarian crisis in northwest Syria was already worsening, with needs…