Refugee child goes missing after being rescued from rubble

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A 15-year-old child from Syria has gone missing after she was rescued from the rubble Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reported.

Hatice al Husso, her mother, father and two siblings were left under the rubble in Adıyaman city after the February 6 quakes. Hatice was rescued 20 hours after the quake.

She was taken to the Adıyaman Training and Research Hospital after the rescue. She hasn't been heard from since then.

Muhammed Nur Husso, her uncle, said he calls the Health Ministry's hotline every day but has not yet been able to get information about his niece's whereabouts.

MA recorded one of Husso's phone conversations, where he was told, "We have updated your application. We will return to you."

"Give her either dead or alive. It's like we live through the first hour of the earthquake every day. This should end," said Husso.

On February 6, two earthquakes with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 struck the southern city of Maraş. The first quake in the Pazarcık district at 4.17 a.m. was followed by the second one in Elbistan about nine hours later.

The quakes affected 11 cities in Türkiye's south and southeast, as well as Syria's northern parts.

The official death toll from the quakes stands at over 44,000 and is expected to increase further, as over 160,000 buildings were destroyed or severely damaged, according to government figures.

Nearly two million people have been displaced due to the earthquakes. (RT/VK)