The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Syria has risen to at least 1,444, according to the Ministry of Health and relief teams. The Syrian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll has risen to 711, with an additional 1,431 injured indefinitely. in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Tartus, according to the White Helmets organization working in the Syrian northern regions, 733 people were killed and more than 2,100 were injured.
Earlier, the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) reported that the death toll from the earthquake that hit the south of the country had risen to 2,921 people.
Yesterday, Monday, Turkey and Syria were hit by an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale, followed by another earthquake measuring 7.6, resulting in huge human and material losses in both countries.
According to the US Geological Survey, the first earthquake occurred at a depth of about 17.9 km, and its epicenter was in the Pazardik region in the province of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey, 60 km from the border with Syria.
Dozens of aftershocks followed before a second quake hit southeast Turkey, four kilometers from the city of Ikinosu.
