A UN convoy of 11 trucks has entered rebel-held north-western Syria from Turkey via the newly opened Bab al-Salam crossing as the death toll from last week's earthquake reached almost 40,000. More than 50 other trucks with UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa.
On Wednesday morning the death toll from the quake stood at more than 39,100 as officials and medics said 35,418 people had died in Turkey and at least 3,688 in Syria.
