At least 42 people have been killed in government-held areas of Syria, according to state media. The Syrian official news agency “SANA” quoted Assistant Minister of Health Ahmed Damiriyeh as saying that there were 42 dead and 200 injured in Aleppo, Hama and Latakia as a result of the earthquake, indicating that the outcome is not final.
For his part, a medical source told AFP in opposition-held areas near the border with Turkey that at least eight people were killed in the collapse of many buildings.
The Syrian Civil Defense, which operates in opposition-held areas, said on Monday that the strong earthquake that shook Turkey and northern Syria left “dozens of victims”.
He confirmed that there are people stuck under the rubble of collapsed buildings in the northwest of the country.
The Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, added in a post on Twitter that the volunteer group is working to save the survivors.
Great efforts in rescue operations, dozens of victims and hundreds of injured and trapped under the rubble as a result of the earthquakes that struck the region at dawn today, Monday, February 6.
Our teams declare a state of emergency to rescue the stranded.
Video from the city #Idlib #white_helmets pic.twitter.com/kP7iJnUQrL– Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) February 6, 2023
Initial scenes of evacuations and ambulances for civilians due to the northwest earthquake #Syria Today is Monday 6 February.
The video is from the northern Raju district #Aleppo#white_helmets pic.twitter.com/kS3Q6a0NpJ– Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) February 6, 2023
For his part, the Syrian Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmad Damiriyeh, told the regime news agency, SANA, that there were “42 deaths and 200 injuries in Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia as a result of the earthquake, in an indefinite toll.”
#urgent || #sana
Assistant Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed Damiriya, to SANA correspondent: 42 deaths and 200 injuries in Aleppo, Hama and Latakia as a result of the earthquake, in an indefinite toll– Syrian Arab News Agency – SANA (@SanaAjel) February 6, 2023
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the number of victims “is more than 35, dozens of injured people in several Syrian regions, and dozens of buildings destroyed.”
More than 35 victims of earthquakes in Syria, dozens of injured people in several Syrian regions, and dozens of buildings destroyed
– The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (@syriahr) February 6, 2023
Videos spread on social media showed the extent of the destruction in many Syrian regions.
Cities and villages in the north were damaged #Syria puppies #earthquake who hit the state #Heroman_Maresh south #Turkey pic.twitter.com/okfbWD0ZX5
— ANADOLU AGENCY (AR) (@aa_arabic) February 6, 2023
Catastrophic conditions, collapses in residential buildings, and the presence of victims and trapped under the rubble as a result of the earthquake that struck northwestern Syria today, February 6, our teams are on the highest levels of alert to respond and rescue the trapped.#white_helmets pic.twitter.com/FHD3524PMh
– Syrian Civil Defense (@SyriaCivilDefe) February 6, 2023
🚨 An entire housing project in northern Syria collapsed over the heads of its residents who were sleeping in their homes.. All buildings have become rubble #Syria #Turkey#earthquake#Earthquake#Ahmed _ Mazen pic.twitter.com/uCXQNBvZQZ
– Ahmad Mazen (@AhmadMazen93) February 6, 2023
In the latest death toll, Agence France-Presse quoted Turkish officials as saying that “at least 53 people were killed in the earthquake.”
An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck, at dawn on Monday, the Bazarjik district of Kahramanmaraş province, in southern Turkey, according to the official Anadolu News Agency.
