A powerful earthquake struck northern and western Syria early Monday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, state media said, as rescuers battled heavy rain and sleet and searched for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. are doing.
State news agency SANA said more than 100 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in the Syrian regions of Aleppo, Hamas and Latakia, in an earthquake that also shook southern Turkey, killing at least 76 people there.
The Syrian civil defense in rebel-held northwestern Idlib said the quake had killed tens of thousands of people and injured hundreds in areas where it operates.
The force, known as the White Helmets, said in a Twitter message: “There are no official numbers yet…but there are reports of dozens killed and hundreds injured, many buried under the rubble.” “