Miracle Rescues as Türkiye-Syria Quake Toll Passes 25,000

Musa Hmeidi, a Syrian child who was pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building on February 10, 2023, four days after a deadly earthquake hit the area, in Jindayris, Syria. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly woman from the rubble on Saturday, five days after an earthquake devastated Türkiye and Syria, leaving more than 25,000 dead.

Tens of thousands of local and international rescue workers are still scouring through flattened neighborhoods despite freezing weather that has compounded the misery of millions now in desperate need of aid.