Most rescue operations are expected to cease soon, almost two weeks after the earthquakes hit. Soccer player Christian Atsu was among those found dead.
In Turkey, rescuers managed to pull a couple and their 12-year-old child alive from underneath a collapsed apartment building in Hatay province about 12 days after the earthquakes, but the child later died, Turkish broadcaster TRT WorldChristian Atsu, a Ghanaian soccer player who spent several years in the English Premier League, was among the victims.
that authorities in northwest Syria were hindering access to the country and “bottlenecking” operations.At least 70 aid workers have died in the earthquakes,Semanur Karayaka contributed to this report.
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