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UN says death toll could rise to more than 20,000 after one of most powerful earthquakes to hit region in at least a century

Since the civil war began in 2011, Syria's northern region has been beset by crisis after crisis. Monday's devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake was "the last thing people need," one aid worker said.

A major magnitude-7.8 earthquake, followed by another strong quake, has devastated wide swathes of Türkiye and Syria. What type of earthquake caused the destruction and why was it so devastating?

Old footage, completely unrelated to the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday, is being shared online, while some users are spreading false earthquake predictions on Twitter. In this edition of Truth or Fake, we show you the fake news to look out for following…

State Department says Turkey can count on US for ‘anything’ it needs in aftermath of devastating earthquakes.

Death toll rises as major temblors rocked Turkey and Syria while rescuers frantically search for survivors in the cold.

The United States has deployed a team of disaster response specialists after an earthquake killed more than 2,700 people in Turkey and northwest Syria, USAID Administrator Samantha Power said on Monday.

"It was like the apocalypse."

Rescuers seek to map out search priorities, after second earthquake rocks Kahramanmaras region in wake of country highest-magnitude tremor since 1939