Woman, 77, is pulled from the rubble of the Turkey earthquake after 212 hours – with brothers aged 17 and 21, and girl of 15 also among the miracle rescues

• Fatma Gungor, 77, was freed from rubble in Adiyaman province after 212 hours 
• Syrian Seher Ghanam, 15, rescued from collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey
• READ MORE: Race against time to save three schoolgirl sisters in Turkey

A 77-year-old woman pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building 212 hours after two huge earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria was among the miracle rescues made yesterday.

Fatma Gungor was pulled out from under the rubble of a collapsed building in Adiyaman province, Turkey after being trapped for nearly nine days.

And Syrian teenager Seher Ghanam, 15, was one of the at least nine people to be found alive Turkey’s Hatay province yesterday – 209 hours on from the disaster.

She was photographed pointing her fingers to the sky as she was carried away by emergency service workers in a stretcher, wrapped in a foil blanket and wearing an oxygen mask, before she was then loaded into an ambulance for treatment.

Seher was rescued shortly after her father Faez Ghanam was freed from the same building.

Fatma Gungor, 77, is rescued by the personnel from under rubble of a collapsed building, 212 after the earthquakes hit Adiyaman, Turkey

Hands up: Seher Ghanam, 15, is helped away by emergency workers in the Hatay province of Turkey

Emergency personnel carry Syrian Seher Ghanam who was rescued from the site of a collapsed building shortly after her father Faez Ghanam was also rescued 

Others rescued from the devastation in Turkey included two young brothers pulled from the ruins of a block in Kahramanmaras province after being trapped for 198 hours.

State-owned Anadolu news agency identified them as Muhammed Enes Yeninar, 17, and Abdulbaki Yeninar, 21.

Dozens of rescuers were working at the site and Turkish soldiers hugged and clapped after the pair were found.

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There was then a call for quiet in the search for further survivors. The brothers were taken to hospital but their condition was unclear last night.

Another rescue saved the life of teacher Emine Akgul, 26, was freed from a collapsed apartment building in Antakya – the capital of Hatay – by a mining search and rescue team, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency reported..

Rescuers pulled her out 201 hours after the earthquakes hit and pictures show a Volvo digger was used in the operation.

Images show she was then airlifted by helicopter to hospital in the Adana province – which is around 70 miles away by air – for medical treatment.

Siba Aburas was also rescued from a wreckage in Hatay after more than 200 hours.

In Adiyaman province, rescuers reached 18-year-old Muhammed Cafer Cetin, and medics gave him an IV with fluids before attempting a dangerous extraction from a building that crumbled further as rescuers were working. 

The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes, which struck nine hours apart on February 6 in south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria, has passed 39,000. It is likely to increase as rescuers sift through the wreckage of more buildings.

Experts say the window to find survivors is closing.

Alive! Muhammed Enes Yeninar (pictured), 17, was rescued along with was rescued along with his older brother Abdulbaki

Muhammed’s brother Abdulbaki Yeninar (pictured), 21, was rescued yesterday 198 hours after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit Turkey’s Kahramanmaras

Search and rescue team personnel celebrate after rescuing 17-year-old Muhammed Enes Yeninar and his 21-year-old brother Abdulbaki Yeninar

 Emergency services pulled elderly woman Fatma Gungor to safety from the devastation in Adiyaman province

After rescuing her from the fallen building, Fatma Gungor was loaded into an ambulance to be treated for her injuries

Syrian teenager Seher is carried into an ambulance after being rescued from a collapsed building in Hatay

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad has agreed to open two crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held north-west to deliver UN aid and equipment to millions of victims.

The sites at Bab al-Salam and Al Raee will be opened for an initial period of three months.

The UN had been allowed to deliver aid to the Idlib area only through a single crossing at Bab al-Hawa.

The international body has been under intense pressure to get more help into the rebel area, with survivors lacking the means to dig for others who might still be alive.

The first Saudi aid plane, carrying 35 tons of food, landed in government-held Aleppo yesterday, according to Syrian state media.

Riyadh has raised £42million in a public campaign to aid Turkey and Syria. Saudi planes had previously landed in Turkey, with some of the aid also making its way to Idlib.

Several other Arab countries – including Jordan, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates – have sent aid planes.

The earthquake affected ten provinces in Turkey that are home to around 13.5million people. A large area of north-west Syria was also devastated.

Many quake survivors are sleeping outdoors in freezing weather and water supplies have been hit. More than 41,500 buildings were destroyed or have been damaged so badly they need to be pulled down, according to officials.

Teacher Emine Akgul, 26, is rescued from under a collapsed building in Hatay 201 hours after earthquakes hit Turkey

A Volvo digger was used in the operation to rescue Ermine Akgul

Teacher Emine is rescued from the rubble of an apartment building in Antakya – the capital of Hatay

Emine was airlifted to hospital in in Adana by helicopter for medical treatment

Emine being treated in hospital in Adana – around 70 miles away by air from Hatay

Siba Aburas rescued from a wreckage after 204 hours on February 14 in Hatay

Muhammed Cafer Cetin, 18, is rescued by search and rescue teams from under rubble of a collapsed building 198 hours in Adiyaman province

Medics gave him an IV with fluids before attempting a dangerous extraction from a building that crumbled further as rescuers were working

Many in Turkey blame faulty construction methods for the devastation and the authorities are continuing to target contractors linked to buildings that have collapsed.

Turkey had construction codes that meet earthquake-engineering standards but experts say the rules were rarely enforced.

The death toll in the country stood at 35,418 as of last night.

The toll in the rebel-held region of Syria has reached 2,166 while another 1,414 have died in government-controlled areas, according to health ministry officials in Damascus.

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