“According to the latest data, 175 buildings collapsed in Aleppo, Latakia and Hama.
1,509 people died and 3,548 were injured.
Only in Hama and Latakia, hundreds of people are still missing, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.
Hansen emphasized that this is not the final data - over the next day, an increase in these indicators is expected.
The Syrian Red Cross had previously asked for sanctions to be lifted from Damascus to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake.
The Syrian Ministry of Health said that the number of victims of the earthquake had risen to 812, with 1,449 injured.
There is also evidence that a search and rescue operation has ended in the Syrian province of Hama.