A newborn baby was pulled alive from rubble in earthquake-hit Syria, still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother who died in Monday's quake.

"We heard a voice while we were digging," Khalil al-Suwadi, a relative, told AFP.

"We cleared the dust and found the baby with the umbilical cord (intact) so we cut it and my cousin took her to hospital."

The infant is the sole survivor of her immediate family, the rest of whom were all killed when a 7.8-magnitude quake that struck Syria and neighbouring Turkey flattened the family home in the rebel-held town of Jindayris.

A newborn baby who was found still tied by her umbilical cord to her mother and pulled alive from the rubble of a home in northern Syria following a deadly earthquake, receives medical care from doctor Hani Maaruf, at a clinic in Afrin, on February 7, 2023. The infant is the sole survivor of her immediate family, the rest of whom were all killed when a 7.8-magnitude quake that struck Syria and neighbouring Turkey flattened the family home in the rebel-held town of Jindayris, cousin Khalil al-Suwadi said. Rami al Sayed, AFP

Syrians search the rubble of a house in which one entire family except a newborn baby were killed, on February 6, 2023, in the town of Jandaris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, following a deadly earthquake. In a quake-hit north Syria town, residents and rescue workers uncovered a newborn survivor trapped under rubble, her umbilical cord still tied to her mother, who died when their building collapsed. The infant rescued in the rebel-held town of Jandairis -- one of the many areas hard hit by a massive 7.8-magnitude quake that struck neighbouring Turkey early on February 6 -- is the last surviving member of her family. Rami al Sayed, AFP

Syrians search through the rubble of a house in which one entire family except a newborn baby was killed, on February 6, 2023, in the town of Jandaris, in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province, following a deadly earthquake. In a quake-hit north Syria town, residents and rescue workers uncovered a newborn survivor trapped under rubble, her umbilical cord still tied to her mother, who died when their building collapsed. The infant rescued in the rebel-held town of Jandairis -- one of the many areas hard hit by a massive 7.8-magnitude quake that struck neighbouring Turkey early on February 6 -- is the last surviving member of her family. Rami al Sayed, AFP