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Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes

Two young girls play near a makeshift tent where their family stay after the earthquake in Samandag, southern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Ever since the Feb. 6 earthquake decimated swaths of Turkey and Syria, survivors have gathered outside destroyed houses and apartments, refusing to leave. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) A rescue worker holds a young cat pulled out from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. More than 39,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. While the death toll is almost certain to rise even further, many of the tens of thousands of survivors left homeless were still struggling to meet basic needs, like finding shelter from the bitter cold. (Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP Workers prepare a shipment of sleeping gear for homeless victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria now exposed to the freezing winter weather, at a Palestinian factory in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Palestinians have pitched in to help those reeling from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, with the Palestinian Authority even sending a team of medics and other experts to support Turkish and Syrian rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Tailors are producing and preparing mass shipments of sleeping gear for homeless victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria now exposed to the freezing winter weather, at a Palestinian factory in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Palestinians have pitched in to help those reeling from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, with the Palestinian Authority even sending a team of medics and other experts to support Turkish and Syrian rescue efforts. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) Two young girls play near a makeshift tent where their family stay after the earthquake in Samandag, southern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. Ever since the Feb. 6 earthquake decimated swaths of Turkey and Syria, survivors have gathered outside destroyed houses and apartments, refusing to leave. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) A rescue worker holds a young cat pulled out from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. More than 39,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. While the death toll is almost certain to rise even further, many of the tens of thousands of survivors left homeless were still struggling to meet basic needs, like finding shelter from the bitter cold. (Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) A rescue worker holds a young cat pulled out from a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. More than 39,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. While the death toll is almost certain to rise even further, many of the tens of thousands of survivors left homeless were still struggling to meet basic needs, like finding shelter from the bitter cold. (Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP The body of a woman who died during the earthquake is placed inside a plastic bag after being pulled from the rubble of a destroyed building in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria is producing more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Friends and relatives of the Daghli family gather around bonfires while rescue teams, not pictured, search for family members under the rubble of a destroyed building in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria is producing more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A survivor retrieves belongings from his damaged appartment in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. While the death toll is almost certain to rise even further, many of the tens of thousands of survivors left homeless were still struggling to meet basic needs, like finding shelter from the bitter cold. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) Rescue workers and medics pull out a person from a collapsed building in Antakya, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. More than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquake, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA via AP) A family mourns next to bodies of relatives that were pulled from the rubble of a destroyed building in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria is producing more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A woman sits next to bodies that were pulled from the rubble of a destroyed building in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria is producing more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and appeals for aid. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes