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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.

Turkish authorities say some 13.5 million people have been affected in an area spanning 280 miles

Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.

Number of people killed in Turkey and Syria expected to keep rising; energy firm reports ‘massive damage to the infrastructure’

Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into the countries on Tuesday

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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…