At least 42 dead in Syria after magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Turkey —state media

BEIRUT, Lebanon - At least 42 people have been killed in government-controlled parts of Syria as several buildings collapsed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that had its epicenter in southeastern Turkey, state media said.

"Forty-two deaths and 200 injuries have been reported in Aleppo, Hama and Latakia as a result of the earthquake in a preliminary toll," state news agency SANA said quoting a health ministry official. —Agence France-Presse