Turkey: Spanish team, buildings demolished with people inside

The Valladolid firefighters, part of the Spanish team of rescuers who arrived in Turkey after the earthquake, reported today on their return that the buildings

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"The moment we set foot in Adiyaman (one of the cities most affected by the earthquake) the idea we had arrived with 'was dismantled'," said one of them, emphasizing his frustration at seeing entire buildings demolished where they could have

in particular one in which it was known that there were 180 inhabitants and only 10 were saved.

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This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by the national news agency Anadolu.

On the other hand, the first convoy of international aid from Turkey to the Syrian regions devastated by the earthquake and beyond the control of the central government in Damascus entered today from the Bab as Salama border crossing.

This was reported by the pan-Arab-Saudi TV al Hadath, quoting eyewitnesses near the pass, which connects the Turkish region of Gaziantep to the Syrian region north of Aleppo

Two people were rescued in the south-eastern Turkish province of Kahramanmaras after being buried for 198 hours under the rubble

of the earthquake that devastated southern Turkey and north-western Syria on 6 February, the agency reports. Turkish state press Anadolu.

In total, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,

of buildings that collapsed after the earthquake that hit southeastern Turkey and over 81,000 people injured in the quake have been discharged from hospitals.

More than 100 countries have sent messages of solidarity to Turkey, the Turkish leader said.