Syria earthquake death toll climbs to 1,408 — health ministry
Baku, February 12, AZERTAC
The earthquake death toll has risen to 1,408 in Syria, the country’s Health Ministry wrote on Saturday on its Facebook page, according to TASS.
According to the ministry, 2,341 people suffered injuries.
Earlier, the Syrian health ministry reported that 1,387 people had been killed and 2,326 more injured as a result of the natural disaster.
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkiye’s Kahramanmaras province, located in the country’s southeast, on February 6. The tremors, followed by hundreds of aftershocks, were felt in ten provinces as well as in neighboring countries, including Syria. The latest reports say that over 22,000 people have lost their lives in Turkiye and more than 80,000 have been injured.
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