The death toll has risen to 2,921 after two powerful earthquakes hit southern Türkiye on Monday, taking the number of casualties in the country and war-wrecked neighboring Syria to over 4,300.
A staggering 15,834 others were injured, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing Turkish disaster agency.
In neighboring Syria, at least 711 were killed and 1,431 injured in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Tartus, said the Syrian Health Ministry. Media reports also cited rescue workers as saying that 733 were killed and over 2,100 injured in the rebel-held region in Syria.