Members of the Syrian civil defence, known as the White Helmets retrieve a casualty from the rubble following an earthquake in the town of Zardana in northwestern Syrian early on February 6, 2023. PHOTO | AFP
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing hundreds of people as they slept, levelling buildings, and sending tremors that were felt as far away as the island of Cyprus and Egypt.
One of the largest to strike Turkey in at least a century wiped out entire sections of major cities in a region filled with millions of people who have fled the civil war in Syria and other conflicts.
