According to RIA Novosti, people took to the streets with posters of destruction in the SAR and photos of children who were stuck under the rubble.

The protesters urge not to punish the victims of natural disasters with restrictions and ask where the US and Western countries are now, positioning themselves as defenders of human rights.

The Syrian Red Cross earlier asked for the lifting of sanctions on Damascus to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed that no sanctions should prevent the provision of humanitarian assistance to Syria after the earthquake.

The SAR government approved the delivery of humanitarian aid to all regions of the country, including territories not controlled by Damascus.

The deputy head of the Russian Center for the Reconciliation of Warring Parties in Syria (CPVS), Oleg Yegorov, announced the evasion of foreign organizations from providing assistance to the people of the SAR against the backdrop of an earthquake that occurred in the republic.