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Rescuers try to free a young boy from the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake, in the Syrian border town of Azaz in the rebel-held north of the Aleppo province, early on February 6, 2023. AFP PHOTO
Victims are rushed to the emergency ward of the Bab al-Hawa hospital following an earthquake, in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the border with Turkey, early on February 6, 2023. AFP PHOTO
An injured child and two men receive treatment at the Bab al-Hawa hospital following an earthquake, in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the border with Turkey, early on February 6, 2023. AFP PHOTO
An injured child await treatment at the emergency ward of the Bab al-Hawa hospital following an earthquake, in the rebel-held northern countryside of Syria's Idlib province on the border with Turkey, early on February 6, 2023. AFP PHOTO
(UPDATE) DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: The most powerful earthquake in nearly a century struck Turkey and Syria early Monday, killing over 1,200 people in their sleep, levelling buildings and causing tremors felt as far away as Iraq.