West ignores thousands of people killed in earthquake in Syria, something monstrous

The collective West has displayed an inhuman politicized approach by ignoring thousands of victims and terrible destruction in earthquake-stricken Syria, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Friday.

"The collective West ignored the fact that the earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey resulted in the deaths of thousands of people and horrible destruction directly in Syria," she noted. "This is not just the display of a politicized approach which the West is guided by in the process of providing humanitarian assistance to those affected in that country. This is something monstrous," the diplomat added.