- More than 4300 people have died.
- Rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble.
- At least 1,451 individuals have been killed in neighboring Syria.
Turkey: More than 4,300 people have died and rescuers are racing to pull survivors from beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake ripped through Turkey and Syria, leaving destruction and debris on each side of the border.
At around 4 a.m. on Monday, one of the worst earthquakes to hit the region in a century jolted locals from their beds, sending vibrations as far away as Lebanon and Israel.
According to Turkey’s head of disaster services, Yunus Sezer, at least 2,921 people were killed and more than 15,800 were injured.
At least 1,451 individuals have been killed in neighboring Syria. According to Syria’s state news agency, 711 people have perished in government-controlled territories, primarily in Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus.
The “White Helmets” group, formally known as the Syria Civil Defense, reported 740 deaths in opposition-held regions. Anti-government forces dominate much of northern Syria, which borders Turkey, amid a deadly civil war that began in 2011.
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