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The death toll in Syria has risen to 239 after a powerful quake hit the country and the southern part of Türkiye on Monday morning, with another 648 injured, Al Jazeera reported, citing the country's health ministry.
The deaths were reported in the most affected province of Aleppo in northern Syria, the northwestern coastal province of Latakia, Tartus and central Hama province, said a statement issued by the health ministry.
Rescue operations are underway amid massive damage.
The Syrian Ministry of Defense put all its units on high alert to help the people directly affected by the earthquake and rescue those still stuck under the rubble.
The Syrian Ministry of Transport announced earlier the suspension of train traffic on all railways as a precautionary measure, pending inspection of bridges and tracks of the railway network.
Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held an emergency meeting with his cabinet to discuss the repercussions of the earthquake.
A major earthquake of magnitude 7.4 knocked down multiple buildings in southern Türkiye and northern Syria on Monday, killing over 500 people as buildings collapsed across the region. The earthquake was also felt across Lebanon.
(Cover: A destroyed building after an earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Türkiye, February 6, 2023. /CFP)
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