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Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

Syrians stand in a queue as they wait to return to their country from the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Syrians stand in a queue as they wait to return to their country from the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Taha Erdem, 17, center, his mother Zeliha Erdem, left, and father Ali Erdem pose for a photograph next to the destroyed building where Tahan was trapped after the earthquake of Feb. 6, in Adiyaman, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. Taha Erdem, a resident of southeastern Turkey's Adiyaman, is one of the hundreds of survivors pulled out of collapsed buildings after the Feb. 6 powerful quake. Erdem, who is 17, filmed himself on his phone while stuck and sandwiched between concrete in what he thought would be his last words. (AP Photo/Mehmet Mucahit Ceylan) A Syrian family arrives at the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Syrians cross into their country from the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) FILE - Christian Atsu plays for Newcastle United, Jan. 12, 2019. Search teams have recovered the body of Ghanaian international soccer player Christian Atsu in the ruins of a building that collapsed during the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, his manager said Saturday Feb. 18, 2023. (Adam Davy/PA via AP, File) Syrians wait to return to their country from the Turkish crossing point of Cilvegozu, in Reyhanli, southeastern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Members of NGOs Deathcare Embalming Team, left, and Turkish Kurt-Ar inspect the bucket of an excavator as they search for bodies of people who died during the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) A man sits next to a bonfire as an excavator works at the site of a house that was destroyed during the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) The son of the Sonmez family recovers a carpet from the family flat after the earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Turkey's southeastern Kharamanmaras province struck in the early hours of Feb. 6, followed by multiple aftershocks, including a major one magnitude 7.5 nine hours after the first tremor. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)