U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said President Joe Biden has directed the U.S. Agency for International Development and other federal government partners to assess response options in areas hardest hit by the quake in Turkey and Syria, Sky News Arabia reported in breaking news. Twitter, Monday: “The United States is deeply concerned by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria today. I have contacted Turkish officials to inform us that we are ready to provide all necessary assistance. We will continue to monitor the situation. in close cooperation with Turkey”.
Dozens of people have died, others have been injured and many buildings collapsed in the earthquake that hit Turkey at dawn on Monday, while rescue teams continue to search for survivors under the rubble as the quake hit 7.8 degrees. The Richter scale affecting southeastern Turkey and Syria.
The Turkish Emergency Management Agency said the quake struck at a depth of about 7 kilometers, and initial reports indicated that at least 20 people were killed and dozens were injured in several states in southern Turkey.
The Syrian National Earthquake Center said the quake hit at 4:17 local time north of Iskenderun and dozens of buildings collapsed and dozens of people were killed and injured in rural Aleppo, northern Syria and a number of Syrian cities. as a result of an earthquake.
The earthquake was felt by residents of Lebanon, Syria, the Palestinian territories, Greece, Cyprus, Armenia, Georgia, Iraq and some parts of Egypt.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with the governors of Adana, Malatya, Gaziantep, Diyarbakir, Hatay, Adiyaman, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa to discuss the post-earthquake situation, dispatching rescue teams to quake-hit areas, according to state media.
