The EU's Crisis Commissioner Janez Lenarcic confirmed that rescue teams were traveling to Turkey to help local agencies. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke at the coordination center of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) in Ankara Image: Depo Photos/ABACA/picture alliance International organizations sending rescue and medical teams State television in Syria showed rescue teams searching for survivors in heavy rain and sleet. Syrian President Bashar Assad held an emergency meeting of the Cabinet to discuss the damage and necessary procedures. "We mobilized our planes to send medical teams, search and rescue teams and their vehicles to the earthquake zone," a statement citing Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said. Turkey's military has established an air corridor to enable search and rescue teams to reach disaster zones as quickly as possible. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said early on Monday that 45 nations had already offered assistance with search and rescue efforts. What Turkey and Syria have said about rescue efforts While Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) was coordinating search and rescue operations, international agencies were also deploying resources to help. World leaders and international organizations pledged support and humanitarian aid following two large earthquakes that killed over 2,000 people in Turkey and Syria on Monday. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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