The World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday it was running out of stocks in northwest Syria and called for more border crossings from Türkiye to open after both countries were ravaged by earthquakes.

"Northwest Syria, where 90% of the population depends on humanitarian assistance, is a big concern. We have reached the people there, but we need to replenish our stocks," Corinne Fleischer, WFP Regional Director in the Middle East, Northern Africa and Eastern Europe, told reporters.

WFP also appealed on Friday for $77 million to provide food rations and hot meals for 874,000 people affected by the deadly earthquake in Syria and Türkiye. 

The number in need of aid "includes 284,000 newly displaced people in Syria and 590,000 people in Türkiye, which includes 45,000 refugees and 545,000 internally displaced people", the Rome-based organisation said in a statement. 

(With input from agencies)