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Greek and Turkish rescuers are at work to extract bodies of victims from the rubble of a collapsed building in Antakya, south of Hatay, on Feb 15, 2023, nine days after a 7,8-magnitude struck the country's southeast. - (Photo by YASIN AKGUL / AFP)

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim arrived home today after a one-day visit to Turkiye to express Malaysia's commitment to helping its people affected by the earthquake that hit the republic recently. Also present, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions) Datuk Amrizan Mohd Ali. - BERNAMA

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim taking a first-hand look at the aftermath of earthquake during his visit to the Malaysian Rescue Operation Centre in Nurdagi, Wednesday. A total of 140 personnel of SMART team, Firemen and Rescuers and Malaysian Civil Defence Force are involved in the earthquake rescue mission in southern Turkiye. The 7.8 Richter scale earthquake hit Kahramanmaras, southern region of Turkiye last Monday also affected several areas in Syria.- BERNAMA

The Malaysian MAS-01 SMART and MAS-10 teams, in a search and rescue effort following the deadly earthquake in Turkey. - BERNAMA

SMART MAS-01 search and rescue operations officer (SAR) Insp Muhamad Zul Khairi Idris says the first victim - a teenage boy - was taken out at 1.20 pm (6.20 pm Malaysian time) almost brought the team into tears.

The MAS-01 SMART team deployed to Turkey conducting search and rescue operation of earthquake victims in Nurda. - BERNAMA

Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) chief General Tan Sri Affendi Buang (third, right) seeing off the team deployed for the mission to set up a field hospital in Turkey to help victims of the recent earthquake. - Photo: MAF

The second Malaysian rescue team (MAS-10) deployed to assist in the SAR for Turkiye earthquake victims who already arrived in Gaziantep on Thursday evening, is still unable to enter ground zero due to logistics problems. - BERNAMA

Bulldozers work among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adiyaman, Turkey on February 9, 2023, three days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck southeast Turkey. Photo by Ilyas Akengin/AFP.

The destruction left behind after after a series of earthquakes hit Turkey - AFP