Hopes fade as Turkey-Syria quake toll at 17,500

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 09, 2023 8:37 pm

SYRIA: Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades.

Bitter cold has hampered the four-day search of thousands of flattened buildings and the 72-hour mark that experts consider the most likely period to save lives has passed.

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