トルコ地震、シリア要塞にも被害

【ダマスカスＡＦＰ＝時事】トルコ南部で６日に発生したマグニチュード（Ｍ）７．８の地震で、隣国シリア北部アレッポにある有名な要塞（ようさい）など複数の遺跡が被害を受けた。シリア文化財博物館総局（ＤＧＡＭ）が明らかにした。（写真はシリア・アレッポで、地震で損壊した古代の要塞）
　ＤＧＡＭはフェイスブックに現地の写真を投稿。要塞内のオスマン帝国時代の風車の一部が倒壊し、北東部の防壁の一部が崩落したと発表した。さらに、アイユーブ朝時代のモスク（イスラム礼拝所）のドーム部分の一部にひび割れが入ったり崩落したりしたほか、城塞の入り口も損壊したと説明している。
　当局によれば、タルトゥース県バニヤースではマルカブ城内の複数の建造物が損壊し、要塞と塔の一部が崩落。カドムス城城付近でも岸壁の一部が崩落し、複数の家屋が倒壊した。
　また、古代都市パルミラなどに被害がないかを専門家チームが調べているという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/02/07-13:41）

Several of Syria's archaeological sites including a famed citadel in the northern city of Aleppo were damaged in a deadly pre-dawn earthquake Monday, the country's antiquities authority said.
Parts of the Ottoman mill inside the citadel of Aleppo have collapsed, while sections of the northeastern defensive walls have cracked and fallen, Syria's Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums said in a statement.
Parts of the dome of the minaret of the Ayyubid mosque inside the citadel fell off, while the entrance to the fort has been damaged, including the entrance to the Mamluk tower, it added, publishing photos of the site on its Facebook page.
More than 850 people were killed across Syria as buildings collapsed after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck neighbouring Turkey, state media and rescuers said.
At least 156 people died in Aleppo province alone and 507 were injured when 46 buildings collapsed, the official news agency SANA had said, quoting an official.
The city of Aleppo is renowned for its ancient citadel, its UNESCO-listed historic centre and its centuries-old covered markets.
Aleppo was Syria's pre-war commercial hub and considered one of the world's longest continuously inhabited cities, boasting markets, mosques, caravanserais, and public baths, but a brutal siege imposed on rebels left it disfigured.
Even before the earthquake, buildings in Aleppo often collapsed due to poor infrastructure after more than a decade of war and little oversight to ensure the safety of new construction projects.
In Hama province, archaeological surveys found that some buildings inside the ancient Al-Marqab Castle in the city of Baniyas had been damaged, while parts of the fortifications and a tower had fallen, the antiquities body said.
In Tartus province, part of a rocky cliff fell in the vicinity of the Qadmus castle, and residential buildings on the site collapsed, it added.
Expert teams were reportedly assessing the damage, and whether the earthquake had affected the ancient city of Palmyra.
The pre-dawn quake hit near Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey at a depth of about 18 kilometres (11 miles), the US Geological Survey said.
Tremors were also felt in Lebanon and Cyprus, AFP correspondents said.