The death toll from the earthquake in Syria has risen to 783

The death toll across Syria (regime and opposition areas) has risen to 783 dead and 2,284 injured, as a result of the earthquake that occurred at dawn on Monday and its epicenter was southern Turkey. While the Civil Defense (White Helmets) indicated that the number is likely to rise due to the presence of hundreds of families under the rubble.

The death toll across Syria (regime and opposition areas) has reached 783 dead and 2,284 injured, as a result of the earthquake that occurred at dawn on Monday, with its center in southern Turkey.

The Syrian Ministry of Health announced that the death toll has risen to 403 dead and 1,284 injured, most of them in Latakia, Aleppo, Hama and Tartous.

For its part, the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) reported that the number of victims in northwestern Syria (outside the control of the regime) has reached 380, while the number of injured has reached more than 1,000.

The civil defense indicated that the number is likely to rise due to the presence of hundreds of families under the rubble, amid great difficulties to extricate them and the need for heavy rescue equipment.

Villages and cities in Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia and Hama were damaged by the earthquake.

AFP correspondents indicated that rescuers were working to pull out civilians trapped under the rubble in several areas near the Turkish border, including in Azaz and Al-Bab.

In Turkey, the Emergency and Disaster Management Department said that a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the Bazarjik district of Kahramanmaraş province, southern Turkey, at dawn, at a depth of 7 kilometers.

In the latest death toll from the earthquake in Turkey, the head of the Disaster and Emergency Management Department announced that the death toll from the earthquakes in the south of the country has risen to 1,121, while more than 9,000 search and rescue personnel continue to work with the arrival of new relief teams.

The toll remains likely to rise, as hundreds of families are still under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the earthquake.

The Syrian Coalition calls for relief for the earthquake victims, and an organization declares Idlib a disaster area

The Syrian Coalition called on the international community and international humanitarian organizations to intervene urgently to provide relief to the population in the Syrian cities and towns, which were hit by a devastating earthquake at dawn on Monday, while the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) declared the northwest of the country a "disaster area".

The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces called on the international community and international humanitarian organizations to intervene urgently to provide relief to the population in the Syrian cities and towns, which were hit by a devastating earthquake at dawn on Monday.

"The damage caused by the devastating earthquake is huge and severe, affecting hundreds of residential buildings, killing and injuring hundreds," a statement by the coalition said on Monday.

He added, "The damage and the large number of destroyed buildings have been exacerbated by the long bombing that cities and neighborhoods were subjected to during the previous years by the regime and its allies, especially in Aleppo and its countryside."

The statement indicated that "the effects of the earthquake were concentrated in northern Syria, and extended to the coast and the center of the country in Hama and Homs, and aftershocks reached the capital, Damascus."

He added, "Since the early hours of the morning, the National Coalition directed the immediate action of the coalition agencies, the interim government, the army, and the police, to work continuously and help our afflicted people, and stand with the civil defense to save the stranded and remove the rubble."

The National Coalition also appealed to the international community and international organizations, "for an immediate emergency intervention to mitigate the effects of the devastating earthquake in the villages and towns of northern Syria, through many direct contacts."

"Disaster area"

For its part, the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) declared the northwest of the country a "disaster area", after the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria at dawn on Monday.

The organization operating in northern Syria stated in a statement, "The situation is catastrophic in the region, in light of the collapse of buildings and sharp cracks, hundreds of injuries and trapped people, and dozens of deaths."

It also pointed to the "lack of facilities and services, the lack of shelters and safe gathering points, and the stormy and snowy weather conditions."

The organization called on all international humanitarian organizations to intervene quickly to provide relief to the afflicted and meet their needs. It also called on the international community to assume its responsibilities in the face of this catastrophic disaster and to take emergency measures to prevent the situation from worsening.

The organization also called on all local authorities, civil forces, and humanitarian, health, and relief organizations operating in Syria to mobilize their cadres and share work according to the system of parity and geographical distribution, in order to cover the necessary needs of all as possible.

It called on the international community to put pressure on the Syrian regime and its allies to ensure that no bombing occurs in the areas affected by the earthquake.

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria at dawn, leaving huge losses of lives and property in the two countries, while Syria announced the death of 237 people and the injury of 639 others.