Roundup: Quake death toll in Türkiye, Syria crosses 6,000, with calls mounting to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria

ANKARA/DAMASCUS, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Monday's devastating earthquakes climbed to 5,434 in Türkiye and 812 in Syria on Tuesday, while calls mounted to lift the U.S. sanctions on Syria.

The number of injured rose to 31,777 and 1,449 respectively in Türkiye and Syria, according to Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca and the media office at the Aleppo governorate headquarters.