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Rescuers continue to pull survivors from rubble in Turkey and Syria
UN and Syrian government reach deal to deliver aid through more border crossings from Turkey
Members of a search and rescue operation work on an area that collapsed during the earthquake in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023.

AID agencies and governments stepped up a scramble to send help to earthquake-hit parts of Turkey and Syria today, as rescuers continued to pull survivors out of the rubble more than 200 hours after devastation swept the region.

Politics hindered efforts to rush in aid, as many survivors still waiting for tents slept outside in freezing weather.

Efforts to help survivors as well as count the dead and injured in Syria were marred by the continued divisions from 12 years of civil war.

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