On February 6 2023, nearly 6000 people were killed in Syria when a 7.8-magnitude earth quake hit the north west of the country and neighbouring Turkey. The Syrian government reported 1,414 people were killed in areas under its control, while Turkish-backed officials in Syria put the death toll at 4,537 throughout rebel-held areas of the country.
When The Earth’s Features Change
This aerial view shows residents searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey on February 6 2023
Search and save
This aerial view shows residents searching for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey on February 6 2023
Searching inside the shock
An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following an earthquake on February 7 2023
Rescuers retrieve the victims after their homes were engulfed by stones
Members of the Syrian civil defence known as the White Helmets transport a casualty from the rubble of buildings in the village of Azmarin in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following an earthquake on February 7 2023
Final look
People look on as the corpse of a victim who died in an earthquake lies in the back of a truck in the village of Azmarin near the Turkish border in the north of Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province early on February 6 2023 -
The killer wait
A Syrian man sits amidst the rubble as he waits for new about family members stuck under the wreckage in the town of Harim in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey on February 8 2023 two days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria
When an earthquake disaster turns into a tent tragedy
Syrians build a temporary camp to house families made homeless by a deadly earthquake in the town of Harim in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey on February 8 2023 two days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria
Flood: Disaster upon disaster
An aerial picture shows a flooded area after the collapse of a dam on the Orontes Assi river near al-Tulul village in Salqin in Syria s rebel-held Idlib province near the border with Turkey on February 9 2023 following a deadly earthquake A 7 8-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 killing more than 16 000 people and injuring tens of thousands of people Thousands of homes were destroyed on both sides of the border after the tremor and the subsequent aftershocks
I want my mother
A medical worker cares for three-year-old Syrian boy Arslan who lost all his immediate family and was the sole survivor from his building following the February 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and northern Syria at a hospital in Sarmada in Syria s northern Idlib province on February 13 2023 Arslan is from the town of Harim where at least 35 structures were knocked down following the devastating 7 8-magnitude earthquake which struck Turkey and Syria and killed nearly 40 000 people His uncle Ezzat Hamdi says rescuers kept digging for three days to find the bodies of Berri s father mother and siblings
Clear bow - Hope in life is renewed
Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in the village of Besnaya in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey on February 6 2023 At least 1 293 people were killed and 3 411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey the government and rescuers said
Children life
An aerial view shows children playing by the rubble of destroyed buildings in the village of Azmarin in Syria s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey on February 18 2023 following a 7 8-magnitude earthquake
Celebration and Grief
People visit the graves of loved ones at a cemetery on the first day of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in Syria s rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on June 28 2023
