The death toll from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks rose to more than 5,000 as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings. syria turkey world kprc2 click2houston
tangled piles of metal and concrete, making the search efforts perilous, while below-freezing temperatures made them ever more urgent.
The United Nations said it was “exploring all avenues” to get supplies to rebel-held northwestern Syria, where millions live in extreme poverty and rely on humanitarian aid to survive. But in the northwestern Syrian town of Jinderis, a young girl called Nour was pulled alive from the wreckage of a collapsed building Monday.
A navy ship docked on Tuesday at the province’s port of Iskenderun, where a hospital collapsed, to transport survivors in need of medical care to a nearby city. Thick, black smoke rose from another area of the port, where firefighters have not yet been able to douse a fire that broke out among shipping containers toppled by the earthquake.
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