What we’re covering
- More than 25,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after amagnitude 7.8 earthquakestruck Turkey and Syria on Monday, officials said.
- Rescue operations are overin rebel-held areas of northwest Syria, the White Helmets volunteer organization said. Relief efforts there have been complicated by a long-running civil war.
- The Syrian governmentapproved sending aidto the rebel-held territories Friday but did not provide specifics.
- Workers in Turkey are still trying to pull survivors from the rubble – and there have been some harrowingstories of success. But some organizationspausedrescue workdue to security concerns Saturday.
- How you can help: Donate to victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syriahere.