The death toll from Monday's devastating earthquake in Turkiye and Syria has surpassed 21,000, according to data released by authorities and rescuers. International search and rescue teams, including an 82-member Chinese rescue team that arrived in Turkiye on Wednesday, rushed to the quake-impacted zone to assist in rescue efforts.

2月9日，中国救援队队员在土耳其哈塔伊省安塔基亚市的受损建筑上开展救援工作。新华社记者 沙达提 摄

土耳其发生地震后

厦门市曙光救援队、

厦门蓝天救援队紧急集结奔赴土耳其

China's rescue team dispatched to Turkiye has helped pull three survivors out of the rubbles as of 8 pm Thursday local time after working constantly for over 30 hours, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Civilian rescue workers across the nation are rushing to join China's official rescue team in earthquake-hit Turkiye.

中国红十字会救援人员赶赴叙利亚

应叙利亚使馆和叙利亚红新月会的特别请求，9日上午，中国红十字会向叙利亚地震灾区提供的首批5000人份的医疗物资从北京启运。

9日晚，医疗物资抵达大马士革国际机场，中国红十字会的救援人员随机抵达。

此前，中国红十字会已向土耳其、叙利亚两国红新月会各提供20万美元的紧急人道主义现汇援助。

公羊救援队救出多人

当地时间8日，中国首支社会救援力量公羊救援队抵达土耳其地震灾区阿达纳。

蓝天救援队100余人抵达土耳其

当地民众自发鼓掌欢迎

中国外交部：将提供紧急人道主义援助

据中国外交部：中国政府已经第一时间启动紧急人道主义援助机制，首批将向土耳其提供4000万元人民币的紧急援助，包括派遣重型城市救援队、医疗队，并提供土耳其方面急需的救灾物资。

中方决定向叙利亚方面提供3000万元人民币的紧急人道主义援助，提供200万美元的现汇援助和叙方急需的救援物资，同时加快落实正在实施的粮食援助项目。

China will provide emergency humanitarian aid worth 30 million yuan ($4.42 million) to Syria, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

The aid includes assistance of $2 million and relief materials urgently needed in the quake-hit country, spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular news briefing.

中国驻土耳其使馆提醒在土中国公民

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