Live updates | Ukraine’s Zelenskyy offers Turkey help

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The loss of life toll is rising from a robust 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria early on Monday. Scores have been killed in each international locations, tons of have been injured and the toll was anticipated to rise.

Right here is the most recent: ___ The president of war-torn Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has despatched a message of help to Turkey to supply help within the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. “I’m shocked to study of deaths and accidents of tons of of individuals on account of the earthquake in Turkey,” Zelenskyy wrote in a tweet. “We ship our condolences to the households of the victims and need the injured a speedy restoration. At the moment, we stand by the pleasant Turkish folks and are prepared to offer the mandatory help.” Ukraine has shut ties with Turkey, which helped negotiate a Black Sea grain settlement final summer season to renew important exports because the conflict within the nation continues. ___ Syria’s well being officers say the loss of life toll from Monday’s earthquake in government-held areas of the nation has risen to to 237, with 639 reported injured. The announcement introduced the mixed loss of life toll in Turkey and Syria to whole 360, and contains 76 folks reported killed in Turkey and 47 in opposition-held areas of Syria. In Turkey, the highly effective quake destroyed a historic fort perched on high a hill within the Turkish metropolis of Gaziantep.

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Components of the Gaziantep Fort’s partitions and watch towers have been levelled whereas different areas of the construction have been broken, pictures from the area confirmed.

The fort was first used as a watch tower and was expanded right into a fort throughout Roman occasions. It underwent renovation quite a few occasions, the final time within the early 2000s.

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White Home Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan says he has advised Turkish officers the USA is able to present help to assist with the earthquake rescue effort. In a tweet, Sullivan stated the U.S. was “profoundly involved by immediately’s harmful earthquake” in Turkey and Syria.

“I’ve been in contact with Turkish officers to relay that we stand prepared to offer any and all wanted help. We’ll proceed to carefully monitor the scenario in coordination with (Turkey),” Sullivan stated.

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Turkey’s Catastrophe and Emergency Administration company stated the 7.8 magnitude earthquake has killed at the least 76 folks have been killed in seven Turkish provinces. The company stated 440 folks have been injured.

The information was introduced as rescuers scrambled in areas throughout southeast Turkey to seek for folks trapped in toppled house blocks and different buildings. Suleyman Soylu, the Turkish inside minister, referred to as the shock a “devastating earthquake” and stated the armed forces have been helping civilian businesses within the rescue effort.

In the meantime, the loss of life toll in government-held areas of Syria from Monday’s quake climbed to 99, in line with Syrian state media citing the Well being Ministry. As well as, at the least 334 folks have been injured in Syria. Earlier, 20 folks have been reported killed in rebel-held areas of Syria.

This raises the general loss of life toll to 195 in Turkey and Syria.

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Syrian officers say at the least 99 folks have been killed in government-held areas of the nation following a robust earthquake that hit Syria and neighboring Turkey, elevating the loss of life toll to 119 in Syria.

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Assistant Well being Minister Ahmad Dumeira advised a state information company that 200 folks have been additionally injured by the quake within the provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Latakia.

A minimum of 20 different folks have been killed within the rebel-held northwest. The quake was centered north of town of Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey and an about 90 kilometers (60 miles) from the Syrian border.

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Turkey’s Inside Minister Suleyman Soylu has issued a public enchantment for folks in quake-hit areas in southeast Turkey to not enter broken buildings as a result of dangers and to assist hold roads clear to provide ambulances and rescuers entry to broken buildings.

“Our precedence is to carry out folks trapped below ruined buildings and to switch them to hospitals,” Soylu stated.

A minimum of 130 buildings tumbled down in Turkey’s Malatya province, neighboring the epicenter, Gov. Hulusi Sahin stated. Within the Turkish metropolis of Diyarbakir, at the least 15 buildings collapsed.

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