Dozens dead as powerful earthquake shakes Turkey, Syria
Syrian health ministry says more than 200 dead. Some 237 people have been killed and 639 injured in Syria in the powerful earthquake, assistant health minister Ahmed Dhamiriyeh has told state television. The affected swath of Syria is divided between government-held and opposition-held areas. In rebel-held northwest Syria, the opposition’s Syrian Civil Defense described the situation as “disastrous” adding that entire buildings have collapsed and people are trapped under the […]
