INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- By the time closing the paper late on Monday, media reported that more than 2,300 individuals had passed away and rescuers were
racing to pull survivors from below the rubble after a disastrous earthquake ripped through southern Turkey and northern Syria, leaving
destruction and particles on each side of the border.One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the region in a century shook locals from their
on Monday, sending tremblings as far away as Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, and Egypt.In Turkey, a minimum of 1,498 people have died and
several thousand are injured, according to the countrys Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD)
In surrounding Syria, at least 820 have passed away
According to the Syrian state news firm SANA, 430 individuals have passed away throughout government-controlled locations, primarily in the
regions of Aleppo, Hama, Latakia, and Tartus
The White Helmets group, officially called the Syria Civil Defense, reported 390 deaths in opposition-controlled locations
Much of northwestern Syria, which borders Turkey, is controlled by anti-government forces in the middle of a bloody civil war that began in
The epicenter of the 7.8-magnitude quake was 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, in Turkeys Gaziantep province, at a depth of 24.1
kilometers (14.9 miles), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.A series of aftershocks have reverberated throughout the day
The largest, a major quake that measured 7.5 in magnitude, struck in Turkey, according to the USGS about nine hours after the initial quake
That aftershock struck around 95 kilometers (59 miles) north of the initial
