Aleppo City Council calls on people and private sector companies, including contractors, who have vehicles and cranes to mobilize and support the public sector institutions and service directorates and contribute to rescue operations, especially in popular neighborhoods.

Initial death toll exceeded 50 deaths in Aleppo and its countryside due to the earthquake along with dozens of injuries.

Several buildings have fallen in #Aleppo, #Idlib, #Lattakia #Homs and #Hama governorates.

Rescue teams are still searching for survivors under collapsed buildings.

Sea water retreated 20 meters after the earthquake, while the he European Mediterranean Center for Seismological Monitoring says that they are assessing the possibility of giant tsunami waves.

3 hours have passed and we can still feel the aftershocks