Albanian search and rescue specialists and medical team joined Tuesday other international teams in the search and rescue effort, hoping to find and save survivals trapped under rubble after the deadly quake.

A large part of  the Albanian team has been stationed in the  Malatya area, Türkiye. Despite the extreme weather conditions, the Armed Forces members are toiling tough the rubble of the collapsed high-rise buildings to pull survivors or bodies of victims who lost their lives in the devastating earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria on Monday morning.

On Monday, Albanian team, in close coordination with local authorities and partners from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism pulled a five-year old child from the rubble. The child was in good condition despite being trapped under the ruins for many hours,

Albanian and other international specialists have worked around the clock throughout the night and today , whereas the medical team has provided care to the injured.

A second team of Albanian search and rescue specialists joined their colleagues already on the ground to support Turkish authorities as they grapple to cope with the consequences of the catastrophic earthquake.

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