The Lebanese ambassador to Ankara, Ghassan Mouallem, confirmed that they are monitoring the situation of five Lebanese under the rubble with the Turkish authorities, the AFAD rescue agency and the ministries of Interior and Foreign Affairs.

Mouallem explained in an interview with the "Voice of All Lebanon" that "the rescue teams have not reached the area where the missing Lebanese are located due to the large area that the earthquake struck and the supply and transport routes have been cut off. And he added: "We do not have an official census of the number of Lebanese victims so far, just as we do not know the number of Lebanese in Turkey because they have not informed the embassy, in addition to the presence of tourists", noting that some Lebanese in the affected areas communicate with the embassy and help count the missing.