LIVE UPDATES: Two Earthquakes Jolt Turkiye-Syria Border

Almost 300 people were injured, including 18 being in critical condition, as the result of new earthquakes that hit the border region of Syria and Turkiye on Monday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Tuesday.

Lebanese nationals in the capital city of Beirut and other cities on the Mediterranean Sea are leaving their homes in panic in fear of collapsing buildings following new earthquakes that hit the border region of Syria and Turkey earlier on Monday, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

Abbas Al Halabi, the minister of education and higher education of Lebanon, announced that classes would be canceled on Tuesday at all educational facilities in the country following the new earthquakes. The minister also instructed administrations of all educational facilities to carry out engineering reviews of buildings to make sure they are safe and undamaged and report problems if such occur.

Three people were killed, 213 were hospitalized after new earthquakes in the Turkish province of Hatay on Monday, Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said.

The governor of the Turkish province of Hatay, Lutfu Savas, said that people were under the rubble of houses that had collapsed on Monday after new earthquakes. "Unfortunately, several houses collapsed, people were left under the rubble," Savas said on the air of the NTV broadcaster. He noted that the rescuers had been sent to help them.

- 43 people have been taken to two hospitals, most of them have minor injuries or are in a state of shock;

- Aleppo residents are still on the street, fearing new tremors and a new earthquake;

- A building, which was damaged during the 6 February quake, collapsed in the city center. There are no casualties, since the building was evacuated.

Turkish authorities have warned people to stay away from the sea in Hatay province after new earthquakes due to the risk of rising water levels.

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has called on people residing in the quake-hit region to stay away from damaged buildings.

Damascus residents also felt the tremors and ran out into the streets, as they were terrified of more destruction, a Sputnik correspondent deployed in Syria said.

According to a Sputnik correspondent stationed in Turkiye, many people ran out of their homes out of fear that the buildings might collapse in Hatay. The tremor was felt in the neighboring provinces too. Residents of the city of Diyarbakir are now outdoors, as they were warned not to approach the damaged buildings.