⋯ Central Turkey right now.

⋯ Turkey: Kahramanmarash after the earthquakes.

🇹🇷 Another fall of a house was captured in the city of Sanlıurf.

⋯ The Lebanese Foreign Ministry paid tribute to the victims of the Syrian earthquake, expressing readiness to provide assistance.

Meawhile, a team from the Civil Defense, the Red Cross and the Beirut Fire Brigade will soon depart from Beirut to Turkey to assist in the relief work.

⋯ According to Turkish authorities, the death toll as a result of the recent earthquakes has risen to 1014.

⋯ Aftershocks are still occurring as a M5.5 earthquake hits the Turkish city of Sakarya.

While aftershock magnitude and frequency decrease exponentially with time, they still make situation dangerous for rescuers and any victims still trapped under debris.

⋯ Syrian Ministry of Health and relief teams: More than 780 people were killed and 2,280 injured throughout Syria as a result of the earthquake.

⋯ Video of Civil Defense personnel getting ready to leave for Turkey.

⋯ The Minister of Public Works and Transport Ali Hamieh received the Syrian Minister of Health and a diplomatic delegation from the Syrian Embassy in the Salon of Honor at Beirut Airport.

The Syrian Minister of Health is on his way back to Syria.

⋯ Turkey: The Ministry of Health announces that the number of dead has risen to 1,762 and the number of injured to 12,068.

Syria: The earthquakes have resulted in approximately 1,293 dead and 2,911 injured so far.

The situation in both countries is still developing.

⋯ The Ministry of Foreign Affairs to LBCI: “Two members of the Lebanese community are still under the rubble in southern Turkey and have been unable to be contacted. The Lebanese ambassador to Turkey is following the matter closely.”

Update: Minister of Education Abbas Halabi announced the closure of all official and private schools, highschools, vocational schools, and higher education institutions until Wednesday due to the stormy weather and risk of accidents on icy and snowy roads.

After the judicial orders forcing Fransabank to return two peoples' deposits in USD and the bank's consequent refusal and closure, the Association of Banks announced a strike in solidarity.

All banks will be closed “until a solution is found for the judicial decisions.”