The death toll from two massive earthquakes and scores of aftershocks has risen to almost 9,500 in Turkey and Syria, officials said, as rescuers continue to comb the rubble for survivors in freezing temperatures.
Turkish officials reported Wednesday that 6,957 people had died and 38,224 were injured. In government-controlled parts of Syria, at least 1,250 people were killed and 1,449 injured, according to state media. In Syria’s rebel-held northwest, civil defense workers reported 1,280 deaths and more than 2,600 injured — a number they said they expected to rise significantly with hundreds still buried under rubble.
