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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Residents search for victims and survivors amidst the rubble of a collapsed building in the regime-controlled town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the capital Damscus, on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria. - The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 rose above 8,300, official data showed, with rescue workers on February 8 still searching for trapped survivors. (Photo by AFP)
Syria on Wednesday made an official plea to the EU for help after the deadly earthquake that struck it and Turkey this week, the bloc's commissioner for crisis management said.
The European Commission is "encouraging" EU member countries to respond to Syria's request for medical supplies and food, while monitoring to ensure that any aid "is not diverted" by the sanctioned government in Damascus, Janez Lenarcic said.
