This is TRT World’s Daily News Brief for Friday, February 10th.

*) Rescue teams race to find Türkiye, Syria quake survivors

Rescuers were scouring debris nearly 100 hours after a massive earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria.

The earthquakes have killed at least 21,000 people in one of the region's worst disasters of a century.

In Türkiye, at least 17,674 people have been killed and 72,879 others injured by two strong earthquakes that hit the country’s southern provinces earlier this week.

The quakes also killed at least 3,377 people in neighbouring Syria.

*) Don't lose hope, Türkiye will overcome this disaster: President Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked his nation not to lose hope as rescuers raced to find more survivors under the rubble following this week’s earthquake.

Erdogtan on Tuesday declared a three-month-long state of emergency in the 10 provinces hit by the quake.

The Turkish president has tasked all of the ministers in his cabinet and Vice President Fuat Oktay to handle the situation and to establish coordination in the area.

*) Türkiye teenager who drank 'urine to survive' is rescued after 94 hours

Turkish rescuers have pulled out a teenager alive from the rubble of a building in southern Gaziantep province in a miracle recovery that came 94 hours after the earthquakes.

The 17-year-old boy said he had to drink his own "urine to survive."

Adnan Muhammet Korkut was rescued late from the debris of an apartment in Sehitkamil district of Gaziantep.

*) Teary father celebrates daughter's rescue by Türkiye miners

In another such development, Turkish rescuers have pulled out alive a 16-year-old girl, more than 80 hours after the disaster struck.

The rescue left her overjoyed father in tears and the grieving nation cheering an agonisingly rare piece of good news after Monday's earthquakes.

It took rescue workers five painstaking hours to save her life after neighbours raised the alarm.

And finally…

*) UN aid convoy reaches northwest Syria days after deadly earthquakes

An aid convoy has reached opposition-held northwestern Syria, the first since a devastating earthquake that has killed thousands.

The delivery includes blankets, mattresses, tents and "basic relief items... to cover the needs of at least 500 people," according to The International Organization for Migration.

IOM head Antonio Vitorino said his organisation “is working very closely with authorities to support in any way it can” to help quick delivery of aid.