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• Watch: Survivors pulled from rubble after being trapped for over 100 hours

CNN's chief international security correspondent Nick Paton Walsh reports on rescue efforts after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Turkey and Syria, killing more than 24,000 people and injuring tens of thousands.

Security risks put a handful of search and rescue operations on hold on Saturday, as the death toll of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey surpassed 25,000.

Rescuers clawed 67 survivors from the debris of destroyed buildings in the previous 24 hours, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay told reporters overnight.

A baby began her life surrounded by chaos and devastation this week.

The magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes struck nine hours apart in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6. They killed at least 33,185.

Every time Abdulrahman Al-Dahhan closes his eyes at night, he hears the screams of friends and family in Syria pleading for help.

It's been a week since a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, claiming the lives of more than 36,000 people. Many tens of thousands more have been injured. Millions may be left homeless.

Freezing temperatures are putting rescuers in a race against time to pull as many people as they can from the rubble of collapsed buildings.

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that ravaged Southern Turkey and Northern Syria has damaged a number of historical landmarks and places of worship.

The body of Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu was found under rubble on Saturday, according to his agent, almost two weeks after the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria.

At least 53 people have been killed in an ambush attack in Syria being blamed on ISIS – making it the deadliest attack by the terrorist group in over a year, according to multiple reports.

In a press release, CENTCOM announced that US Central Command forces worked with the Syrian military to conduct a helicopter raid which led to the capture of an ISIS official identified as Batar.

The US military and Syrian Democratic Forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria early Saturday, capturing an ISIS official, according to a statement from US Central Command.