A massive earthquake and aftershocks in February caused an estimated $5.1 billion in direct physical damage in Syria, the World Bank said on Friday, Agence France-Presse reported.
Devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by Agence France-Presse that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria.
Around 40,000 Syrians who had fled areas affected by the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake have returned from Turkey to rebel-held northwestern Syria in the two weeks since Turkey eased restrictions on their movements, a Turkish official and a Syrian rebel official said.
