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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

FILE - Local people gather in a school gymnasium being used as an evacuation center for those whose homes were damaged by the tsunami in Ofunato, Japan, on March 16, 2011. The 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown in northern Japan provides a glimpse of what Turkey and Syria could face in the years ahead. No two events are alike, but the recent disaster resembles Japan's in the sheer enormity of the psychological trauma, of the loss of life and of the material destruction. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Japan’s earthquake recovery offers hard lessons for Turkey

By Foster Klug - 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

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

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

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

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

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

Civil defense workers and security forces search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Hama, 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/Omar Sanadik)

Biden directs USAID, agencies to assist Turkey and Syria after earthquakes

By Tom Howell Jr. - 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 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

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

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

Women chant slogans during a protest outside the Swedish consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 22, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Wednesday that Turkey won't allow Sweden to join the NATO military alliance as long as it permits protests desecrating Islam's holy book to take place. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Turkish President Erdogan: Sweden can’t join NATO if Quran-burning is allowed

By Suzan Fraser and Jari Tanner - Associated Press

An Imam recites from the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a demonstration outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Outrage over a Quran-burning by a Danish-Swedish anti-Islam politician in Stockholm on Saturday caused protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran-burning protest

By Jan M. Olsen and Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto attends a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Finland’s top diplomat hints at joining NATO without Sweden

By Jari Tanner and Karl Ritter - Associated Press

Ruben Vardanyan, the State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh leads a cabinet meeting in Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh, on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Protesters claiming to be ecological activists have blocked the only road leading from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh for more than a month, leading to increasing food shortages. Vardanyan thanked all the deputies of the European Parliament, referring to their discussions on the rights of the people and the resolution adopted as a result. (Edgar Harutyunyan/PAN Photo via AP)

Russia threatens the peace in the Caucasus

By Janusz Bugajski