An early-morning earthquake Monday was centered in southern Turkey, but its effects were felt by millions across the region, from Kahramanmaras, to Aleppo, to Damascus.
Estimates from the World Food Program suggest that 2.5 million people live within a 30-mile radius of the epicenter. But even farther away, the situation remained dire.
In northwest Syria, already in the grip of a humanitarian crisis, the impact of the disaster was clearly seen in rebel-held areas as well as government-controlled regions. In many of these places, buildings were already damaged by the nearly 12-year Syrian civil war. Rescuers from the volunteer group Syria Civil Defense — commonly known as the White Helmets — were working to find victims in areas still held by rebels.
In Beirut, the capital of neighboring Lebanon, some rushed out of their homes in the middle of the night, even though the epicenters of the quakes and aftershocks were hundreds of miles away.
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