These images show a man being rescued alive from rubble in Turkey after two earthquakes hit the country and Syria early on Monday morning.

The images were reportedly filmed in Osmaniye, a city on the eastern edge of the Cukurova plain in southern Turkey.

The footage shows rescue workers sifting through rubble in the dead of night and pulling a man alive from the wreckage of a building.

The man, who appears to be shaken, can be seen sitting down while rescue workers take care of him.

It was unclear from the footage if the man, who has not been named, was injured.

The images were obtained from the Turkish Ministry of Defence this morning, on Tuesday, 7th February, along with a statement saying: “Our state is with our citizens with all its means… The Search and Rescue Battalion of the TAF Humanitarian Aid Brigade also served in the search and rescue efforts in Osmaniye, which continued throughout the night.”

Emergency workers are battling against the clock to save people from the rubble, with the international community sending in numerous experts to assist.

Turkey’s Vice President Fuat Oktay said this morning, on Tuesday, 7th February, that the total death toll in Turkey and Syria now exceeds 5,000 people, with 3,549 people dead in Turkey and more than 1,600 people in Syria.

The total number of injured at the time of writing was 20,534 in Turkey alone.

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck early on Monday morning in southern Turkey, devastating the south of the country and northern Syria, has been described by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as one of the worst disasters in decades.

A second earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hit the same region again at noon Monday, causing even more damage.

More than 11,000 buildings have reportedly collapsed in Turkey, with damage and destruction spanning a border region of approximately 650 miles.

Volunteer rescue workers in northern Syria have said that they lack the most basic equipment to rescue those trapped under the rubble of their homes.