A soldier patrols through a quake devastated street in Antakya district of Turkiye’s southern border province of Hatay, on February 23, 2023, after Feb. 6, 2023 earthquakes hit the southern part of the country, killing a total of 53,537 people and injuring more than 107,000 others. Magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces. More than 14 million people in Turkiye were affected by the quakes, as well as many others in northern Syria.