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Zafer Mahmut Boncuk, 60, screams angrily next to the body of his dead mother, Ozcan Bencuk, in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, February 11, 2023. Ozcan Boncuk, 75, was trapped during an earthquake that struck a border region of Turkey and Syria and died on Tuesday, a day later. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Turkey earthquake survivors seek hot meals as rescues wane

By Mehmet Guzel, Suzan Fraser and Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

Emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. For Syrians and Ukrainians fleeing the violence back home, the earthquake that struck in Turkey and Syria is but the latest tragedy. The U.N. says Turkey hosts about 3.6 million Syrians who fled their country’s 12-year civil war, along with close to 320,000 people escaping hardships from other countries. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K

By Justin Spike and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

People bury their loved ones, victims of Monday earthquake, in Adiyaman, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, four days after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 20,000. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 25,000

By Justin Spike, Abdelrahman and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

People sit and stand around collapsed buildings in Golbasi, in Adiyaman province, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. The Turkish government has for years tempted fate by not enforcing modern construction codes at the same time it was allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — a real estate boom in earthquake-prone areas, according to experts in geology and engineering who repeatedly issued warnings. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Rescues in Turkey offer moments of relief in quake aftermath

By Justin Spike, Ghaith Alsayed and Suza Fraser - Associated Press

Rescuers and mother surround Adnan Mohammet Korkut after he was rescued in Gaziantep, southern Turkey, early Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The teenager was pulled largely unscathed from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Gaziantep early Friday, in a dramatic rescue that belied the reality that the chances of finding many more survivors four days after a catastrophic earthquake killed tens of thousands are shrinking fast. (IHA via AP)

Live Updates I Focus turns to quake aid, as rescues continue

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

People warm up with fire in front of destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Live Updates I Aid, rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

An aerial view of the al-Tlul village flooded after a devastating earthquake destroyed a river dam in the town of Salqeen near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave

By Kareen Chehayeb and Fay Abuelgasim and Omar Albam - Associated Press

Collapsed buildings in Golbasi, in Adiyaman province, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night in Turkey and Syria, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. The death toll rose Wednesday to more than 10,000, making the quake the deadliest in more than a decade. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Survivors of Turkey, Syria quake struggle to stay warm, fed

By Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed, Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

Jana al-Abdo, 7 years-old, who was pulled from under the rubble after a 50-hour rescue operation caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, receives treatment at a hospital run by the Syrian American Medical Society near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey in the north of Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. . Jana is one of untold numbers of orphans left by Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

Syria orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives

By Abby Sewell and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press

People try to reach people trapped under the debris of a collapsed building in Malatya, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Search teams and aid are pouring into Turkey and Syria as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dig through the remains of buildings flattened by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Live Updates | Turkey, Syria quake is deadliest since 2015

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Volunteers distribute aid to people in Antakya, southern Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. Thinly stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkey and Syria by a catastrophic earthquake. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000

By Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Rescue teams carry the body of a victim from a destroyed building in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Race to find survivors as quake aid pours into Turkey, Syria; Death toll reaches 5,300

By Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Rescue workers search for survivors on a collapsed building in Malatya, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Search teams and aid are pouring into Turkey and Syria as rescuers working in freezing temperatures dig through the remains of buildings flattened by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Earthquakes allow imprisoned ISIS fighters to escape prison in Syria

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

A car is seen under the wreckage of a collapsed building, in Azmarin town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Live Updates | Turkey, Syria earthquake search intensifies

Associated Press

A car is seen under the wreckage of a collapsed building, in Azmarin town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Live Updates | Turkey, Syria earthquake kills thousands

Associated Press

People and emergency teams search for people in the rubble in a destroyed building in Gaziantep, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (AP Photo/Mustafa Karali)

Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkey, Syria seek survivors

By Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

People try to reach trapped residents in a collapsed building in Pazarcik, in Kahramanmaras province, southern Turkey, early Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake has caused significant damage in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. Damage was reported across several Turkish provinces, and rescue teams were being sent from around the country. (Depo Photos via AP)

Powerful earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria, levels buildings

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Emergency team members carry the body of a person found in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful earthquake that struck southeast Turkey and northern Syria has killed more than 640 people with hundreds injured. The toll is expected to rise as rescuers search for dead and survivors in dozens of collapsed buildings across the region. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 3,400

By Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this courtroom sketch, Ruslan Asainov appears in court, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in New York. Asainov, who was born in Kazakhstan and lived in Brooklyn, is charged in a five-count indictment with conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State. (Aggie Whelan Kenny via AP, File)

Job: ‘Sniper’: Accused Islamic State fighter on trial in U.S.

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Syria's permanent representative to OPCW, Ambassador Milad Atieh speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Atieh on Thursday dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog's statement that investigators found "reasonable grounds to believe" the air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas on the city of Douma in 2018. A picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs on the wall. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syria slams chemical watchdog report on 2018 attack

By Samar Kassaballi and Kareem Chehayeb - Associated Press