The lawmakers and the staff of the National Assembly (NA) of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) have provided assistance in the amount of 1,013,000 drams (approx. US$2,500) to Syrian Armenian families affected by Monday’s earthquake in Syria. Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned about this from the Artsakh NA media and public relations department.

On Monday, at 5:17am, an earthquake occurred in Kahramanmaras Province of Turkey, which caused destruction in a number of cities. Two more strong earthquakes were recorded at 2:24pm and 2:36pm Armenia time. The strength of this seismic activity at the epicenter measured magnitude 10 to 11. Ten Turkish provinces, with a total population of about 13 million, were affected by the earthquake.

According to the latest data, the death toll as a result of the devastating earthquake in Turkey has risen to 18,342 in Turkey, and the number of injured has reached 72,424.

Seven days of mourning have been declared in Turkey.

As a result of these earthquakes, there was devastation in several governorates of Syria as well. According to the latest data of the Ministry of Health of Syria, the death toll from this quake has exceeded 3,000 in the country, and there are more than 5,000 injured.

Search and rescue teams from Armenia had left for Turkey and Syria on Wednesday.