Questions are mounting for leaders of both countries over their response. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ANTAKYA, Turkey, JANDARIS, Syria - Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive from the rubble of collapsed buildings after they were been trapped for 122 hours followingThe death toll exceeded 24,150 across southern Turkey and northwest Syria a day after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to Monday’s huge earthquake.
The other was an injured 55-year-old, identified as Ms Masallah Cicek, who was extricated from the debris of a collapsed building in Diyarbakir, the largest city in southeast Turkey, the agency said. About 80,000 people were being treated in hospital, while 1.05 million left homeless by the quakes huddled in temporary shelters, he added.
With many left short of food in bleak winter conditions, questions are mounting for leaders of both countries over their response.
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