Their picture touched everyone, brought out alive from ruins by the brothers and sisters from Syria

Two children trapped in the ruins of their home in northern Syria have been rescued more than 36 hours after the earthquake, according to CNN.

Get me out of here, I'll do anything for you”, the daughter told the rescuers shown in the video at Besnaya-Bseeneh, a small village in Haram, Syria.

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The girl's name is Mariam, and she gently caresses the hair on her younger brother's head. She is able to move her arm to cover her brother's face, providing some protection from the dust in the garbage.

Her brother's name is Ilaaf, according to their father, an Islamic name meaning protection. Mustafa Zuhir Al-Sayed says the woman and his three children were sleeping in the early hours of Monday when the earth shook with a 7.8-year earthquake, the largest to hit the region in more than a century.

“We felt the earth trembling and the ruins began to fall on our heads and we stayed two days in ruins,” he said. “We've passed, a feeling, a feeling I hope no one should feel”.

Locked under the ruins, Al-Said said his family recited the Koran and prayed aloud for someone to find.

People listened to us and we were saved, me, my wife and children. Thank God, we're all alive and we thank those who saved us”, he said.

The video shows locals cheering as Mariam and Ilaaf were taken from the rubble wrapped in blankets. The children were taken to the hospital, where they are receiving medical attention.

With every hour, the hope of finding other families fades in cold temperatures that have made survival harder even for those who were able to escape the destroyed buildings.

Al-Said's house is in the province of Idlib, an area controlled by rebels in northern Syria, where at least 1,220 people have died, according to Syrian Civil Protection, a group of humanitarian aid more known as “White Holmetat”.

The group said on Tuesday that the number of dead and injured “is expected to rise significantly due to the presence of hundreds of families under the rubble”. At least 1,280 victims have been confirmed in parts controlled by the Syrian government, the state news agency SANA reported, bringing the total number to Syria over 2,500.

The total death toll by the earthquake across the Turkish-Siri border is now more than 8,700. Aid is slowly reaching those in need, but even before the earthquake, the United Nations said 70% of Syria's population needed humanitarian assistance.

The UN and humanitarian partners say they are currently focusing on the immigration needs, including food, housing, non-food items and medicines.