The five-storey building, which the Interior Ministry said had housed seven families in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood of Sheikh Maksoud, collapsed due to a water leakage affecting its basis. (Str/Xinhua)

This photo taken with a mobile phone shows rescuers searching the rubble for survivors after a residential building collapsed in Aleppo city, Syria. A total of 16 civilians were killed, and four others wounded when their residential building collapsed in province of Aleppo. (Str/Xinhua)

Members of a rescue team work on the scene of a residential building collapse in the Sheikh Maksoud neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria January 22, 2023. SHAM FM/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

Members of a rescue team work on the scene of a residential building collapse in the Sheikh Maksoud neighbourhood of Aleppo, northern of Syria January 22, 2023. North Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT