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Live Blog Update| Turkey-Syria earthquake

The countries that offered help

Countries from across the world have rushed to dispatch aid to Turkey and Syria after a powerful earthquake and several aftershocks killed over 11,000 people, injured tens of thousands, and left countless people homeless.

The earthquake toppled thousands of buildings, including hospitals, schools and apartment blocks. Rescue efforts continue across wide areas of devastation in both countries.

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The countries that offered help

A man reacts as the body of his baby is pulled out from the rubble by a White Helmet's rescue worker in the town of Harim in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on 8 February 2023 (AFP)
A man reacts as the body of his baby is pulled out from the rubble by a White Helmets rescue worker in the town of Harim in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on 8 February 2023 (AFP)