<p>A devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by <em>AFP </em>that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria.</p>.<p>A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6 earthquake.</p>.<p>The new tally brings to 50,325 the total number of deaths caused by the disaster across both countries.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/turkey-launches-investigation-into-612-people-after-quake-1195043.html" target="_blank">Turkey launches investigation into 612 people after quake</a></strong></p>.<p>The Syrian government said 1,414 people had been killed in areas under its control, while Turkish-backed officials in Syria have put the death toll at 4,537 throughout rebel-held areas of the country.</p>.<p>The toll in areas outside government control includes deaths in territory held by rival rebel groups.</p>.<p>Local authorities relied on data collected from hospitals, medical centres and civil defence in Idlib and northern Aleppo province, health official Maram al-Sheikh told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>They also included civilian sources, he said, many of whom buried their dead without taking them to hospital.</p>.<p>The toll was finalised with help from the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) organisation, a local United Nations partner.</p>.<p>The UN said it relied on the ACU's data, including death tolls.</p>.<p>The death toll in rebel areas was "almost final, since most victims have been pulled from under the rubble", he said.</p>.<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor had reported 2,243 people killed in government-held areas -- recording 824 more deaths than the official toll.</p>.<p>Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Britain-based group, said their tally was higher because it included "50 villages that rescuers did not reach".</p>.<p>The group, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria, had reported the same death toll as the rebels in the northwest.</p>.<p><em>AFP </em>had previously reported 3,688 deaths across Syria, compiling official government figures and data released by the White Helmets rescue group in the northwest.</p>.<p>The rebel rescuers told <em>AFP </em>their toll mostly included bodies they had removed from the rubble themselves.</p>.<p>The quake came nearly 12 years into Syria's civil war which devastated swathes of the country, killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions more.</p>
<p>A devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by <em>AFP </em>that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria.</p>.<p>A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6 earthquake.</p>.<p>The new tally brings to 50,325 the total number of deaths caused by the disaster across both countries.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/turkey-launches-investigation-into-612-people-after-quake-1195043.html" target="_blank">Turkey launches investigation into 612 people after quake</a></strong></p>.<p>The Syrian government said 1,414 people had been killed in areas under its control, while Turkish-backed officials in Syria have put the death toll at 4,537 throughout rebel-held areas of the country.</p>.<p>The toll in areas outside government control includes deaths in territory held by rival rebel groups.</p>.<p>Local authorities relied on data collected from hospitals, medical centres and civil defence in Idlib and northern Aleppo province, health official Maram al-Sheikh told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>They also included civilian sources, he said, many of whom buried their dead without taking them to hospital.</p>.<p>The toll was finalised with help from the Assistance Coordination Unit (ACU) organisation, a local United Nations partner.</p>.<p>The UN said it relied on the ACU's data, including death tolls.</p>.<p>The death toll in rebel areas was "almost final, since most victims have been pulled from under the rubble", he said.</p>.<p>The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor had reported 2,243 people killed in government-held areas -- recording 824 more deaths than the official toll.</p>.<p>Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Britain-based group, said their tally was higher because it included "50 villages that rescuers did not reach".</p>.<p>The group, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria, had reported the same death toll as the rebels in the northwest.</p>.<p><em>AFP </em>had previously reported 3,688 deaths across Syria, compiling official government figures and data released by the White Helmets rescue group in the northwest.</p>.<p>The rebel rescuers told <em>AFP </em>their toll mostly included bodies they had removed from the rubble themselves.</p>.<p>The quake came nearly 12 years into Syria's civil war which devastated swathes of the country, killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions more.</p>