Rescue efforts are ongoing following the earthquake which struck on Monday morning.
"Instead of 30 yards square, it may be five yard square and we know there's a scent coming out of the rubble in that area," he explained.The magnitude of the earthquake was classified as "major" on the official magnitude scaleMr Jones said a team had been sent out by the UK government on Monday.
"The problem is between our government and the Syrian government. They couldn't get permission to go out there."Ms Whittle has not worked in the aftermath of an earthquake before but was called in to help after a landslide in Malaysia.The disaster happened when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, early on Monday morning.
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