According to Turkey’s emergency management organization, at least 1,498 people have died and 7,600 have been injured throughout 10 provinces.
According to information from the health ministry, there have been more than 430 fatalities and 1,280 injuries in Syria’s government-controlled territories. Groups operating in the country’s north-west, where the government does not have control,
Emergency help promises from around the world have flooded in for Turkey and Syria, prompting demands for the international community to loosen some of the political limitations on aid entering north-west Syria, the last rebel-held region of the country and one of the earthquake’s hardest-hit regions.