The White Helmets, Syria's Civil Defence in opposition-held areas, announced an official mourning period on Monday to pay tribute to victims of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. The humanitarian response group say they will raise their flags at half mast across all of their centres in Syria for a week, as they declared February 6 an annual national day of mourning. On February 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the region before dawn on Monday and was followed by a series of aftershocks, including a 7.5-magnitude quake. The tragedy has left at least 37,000 people dead, and search operations for survivors still under the rubble will soon come to a close, the rescue
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