Sky Talk, Sky Mobile, Vodafone and Voxi are offering free calls and texts from the UK to Syria and Turkey in the wake of a devastating earthquake.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria during the early hours of Monday morning, followed by a second measuring 7.5. The death toll rose to more than 5,000 on Tuesday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings.
Turkey's vice president, Fuat Oktay, said the total number of deaths in Turkey had risen to 3,419, with another 20,534 people injured. That brought the number of people killed to 5,102, with another 1,602 people confirmed dead on the Syrian side of the border.
