Turkey-Syria quake toll cross 2,300 mark

The death toll in Monday morning’s devastating earthquake in the Turkey-Syria border area has crossed over 2,300 by Monday night, according to reports. The numbers are likely to increase as rescue and relief operations progress.

According to Turkey’s disaster management agency the death toll in Turkey has risen to 1,498, while in Syria the deaths reached 810.

The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near Turkey’s Gaziantep early on Monday (local time) while a new 7.5-magnitude tremor hit at around 1.30 p.m. local time.

Russia, Azerbaijan, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Serbia, Spain, the UK and the US have also offered help and assistance to quake hit Turkey and Syria.