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A global search and rescue effort is hitting the ground in Turkey and Syria after a devastating earthquake

Rescuers worked through the night into Wednesday to reach survivors trapped in the rubble of Monday's devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria as the death toll surged past 11,200. French emergency crews were among the international aid teams that have rushed to the region.

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The death toll in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday has soared to at least 7,926, CNN reported citing officials. Read further on Dynamite News:

Afghanistan's Taliban administration will send around $165,000 in aid to Turkey and Syria to help the response to a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck this week, according to a foreign ministry statement.

Rescue operation enters third day amid freezing temperatures with hundreds still trapped under debris

Rescuers continued to search the wreckage for survivors trapped in the rubble left by devastating earthquakes before they succumb to cold weather in southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. As the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria climbed to more than 12,000 on Wednesday, despair and anger were growing…

Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkey and Syria by a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 7,700, their grim task occasionally punctuated by the joy of finding someone still alive

Rescuers work in freezing temperatures to find survivors in Turkey and Syria as World Health Organisation fears fatalities could hit 20,000