Dozens of countries and organisations have offered to assist rescue efforts in southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks killed nearly 1,600 people. Below is a list of the international mobilisation and offers of assistance since the quake in the early hours of Monday. It will be updated accordingly….
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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Tremor measured at magnitude 7.8 was also felt in Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus causing buildings to collapse. An earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude 7.8 has hit southern Turkey near the Syrian border, the US Geological Service has said, killing dozens of people as it sent shockwaves across northern Syria, Cyprus and Lebanon….