Nearly 10,000 dead in the earthquakes of Turkey and Syria – Al-Hiwar Al-Jazaeryia

The provisional toll of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria indicates that the death toll has risen to nearly 10,000, while rescue operations are continuing in the hope of finding survivors under the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

According to official data from the Syrian and Turkish authorities and rescue teams, the number of those killed in the earthquake has risen to 9,800, and the Turkish “Anatolia” agency reported today, Wednesday, quoting Turkish Vice President Fuad Oktay, that the latest death toll in the Turkey earthquake reached 5,894 and 34,810. wounded. While the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority announced that the death toll from the devastating earthquake that struck the south of the country on Monday had risen to 6,957, according to the Turkish “TRT World” TV, in light of expectations that the death toll would rise.

In Syria, the Syrian Ministry of Health indicated that at least 1,250 people were killed and 2,050 injured, and media reports quoted rescue workers as saying that at least 1,220 people were killed and more than 2,600 injured in the rebel-held area. in Syria.