Watch as miracle baby is rescued from underneath the rubble of a collapsed building in Syria, just minutes after she was born
The pregnant mother was believed to be from Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, and went into labour during the earthquake which has so-far killed more than 5,000 people, local media has reported.
The newborn was rushed to hospital for treatment in the nearby town of Afrin as family members searched for the bodies of the baby's mum and dad, and her four siblings. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said: "We know that three British nationals are missing and the Foreign Office's Crisis Response Hub is working to support the at least 35 British nationals who have been directly affected by these earthquakes.Emergency services have been working in temperatures of -4 searching for survivors of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which hit Turkey and Syria on Monday morning.
Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia following an earthquake.Mr Cleverly told MP's the Turkish government has requested international aid "on a scale that matches the enormity of the situation that they are facing".
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