A six-year-old boy was pulled alive from the rubble of a town in northwestern Syria today, five days after deadly earthquakes rocked the country and neighboring Turkey, AFP reported, citing a reporter on the ground.

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Little Moussa Hmeidi, in shock and with a wound on his face, was pulled out by local rescuers amid cheers in the town of Jandaris.

They gave him first aid on the spot.

Rescuers are still searching for other members of his family who may be buried under the rubble.

Before that, the body of the boy's dead brother was exhumed.

According to experts, people can last no more than 72 hours under ruins.

Jandaris is on the border with Turkey, which was the epicenter of Monday's devastating earthquakes.

The rebel-held city of Aleppo province was hit hard by the natural disaster.

On Tuesday, under the ruins of a building in Jandaris, rescuers found a live baby born under the rubble and still connected by the umbilical cord to its dead mother.

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Strong earthquakes early Monday killed more than 22,300 people in Turkey and Syria, one of the region's worst natural disasters in a century.

In Syria, according to the latest data, at least 3377 people have died.

2,030 of those casualties were in rebel-held areas.

Three children were rescued today in Turkey, but hopes of finding more survivors dwindled as the key 72-hour period after the earthquake wore on.

This time window, however, can vary significantly depending on the weather, the frequency of aftershocks and the speed of rescue operations, notes AFP, quoted by BTA.

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