Middle East

16 killed after building collapses in Syria

Rescuers are still working on finding survivors, Xinhua news agency reported, citing SANA.

Damascus: A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded when their residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo.

The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said had housed seven families in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, collapsed on Sunday due to a water leakage affecting its basis, SANA news agency reported.

Rescuers are still working on finding survivors, Xinhua news agency reported, citing SANA.

This post was last modified on January 23, 2023 6:53 am

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