Syria
Turkish President Recep Tayypi Erdogan referred to the quake as the “disaster of the century."
The flurry of rescues could not obscure the overwhelming devastation of what Turkey’s president called one of the greatest disasters in his nation’s history.
The earthquake affected an area that is home to 13.5 million people in Turkey and an unknown number in Syria.
The girl was the only member of her family to survive from a building collapse Monday in the small Syrian town of Jinderis, next to the Turkish border.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The catastrophic earthquake marks the deadliest quake worldwide in more than a decade.
Political pressures and changing weather could hamper the humanitarian efforts.
The official said injuries and fatalities linked to severe earthquakes often rise “significantly” in the week after the disaster.
Here is an ongoing list of countries dispatching aid, personnel and equipment to help rescue efforts after a quake killed thousands in the region.
Authorities feared the death toll would keep climbing as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across the region.
Police arrested a Syrian woman suspected of links to militants who Turkey accuses of bombing a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul that killed six.