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Satellites support impact assessment after Turkiye-Syria earthquakes
Feb 14, 2023 (ESA)
Satellite data are being used to help emergency aid organisations, while scientists have begun to analyse ground movement - aiding risk assessments that authori...
Saudi plane carrying aid lands in Syria, first in decade
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
Planeloads of foreign aid have landed in Syria since a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the war-torn country and neighbouring Turkey killing more than 35,000 people. ...
Cyclone-battered New Zealand declares national emergency
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
High winds and driving rain lashed the country's populous North Island, in what Prime Minister Chris Hipkins called the "most significant weather event New Zeal...
'Finding corpses is all we have': Resignation after Turkey quake
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
Selva was certain that dozens of her loved ones remained buried in the rubble of Turkey's catastrophic quake. "But the rescuers have left," Selva cried beside o...
New aid route to rebel-held Syria opens as quake toll nears 40,000
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
Rare survivors were pulled from the debris eight days after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Syria and Turkey, but the focus has switched from rescue to providing...
Focus turns to survivors as Turkey-Syria quake toll passes 35,000
Feb 14, 2023 (AFP)
As hopes of finding people alive under the debris fade more than a week after the quake struck, the focus has switched to providing food and shelter to the vast...
'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
"Are we going to die?" she wonders, while looking up at scenes reminiscent of an apocalyptic movie set. Coffins line roadsides, and ambulance sirens wail around...
Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
A young boy and a 62-year-old woman were the latest miracle rescues after nearly seven days trapped under the wreckage of collapsed buildings since last Monday'...
Focus on humanitarian crisis as Turkey-Syria quake toll hits 35,000
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
Syria, already wracked by 12 years of civil war, is of particular concern. The United Nations held an emergency meeting Monday on how to boost aid to rebel-held...
Syria to open 2 crossings for quake aid; Assad pleads for help as Saudi aid plane lands
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
Before the earthquake struck, almost all of the crucial humanitarian aid for the more than four million people living in rebel-controlled areas of northwestern ...
Mexico hails 'heroic' rescue dog that died in Turkey
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval announced the death of the German shepherd called Proteo at President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's daily news conferen...
NASA's satellites help with Turkey, Syria earthquake response
Feb 13, 2023 (JPL)
"NASA's hearts and minds are with those impacted by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. "NASA is our eyes in the sky, and...
UN Security Council meets on aid to quake-hit Syria
Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)
The meeting requested by Switzerland and Brazil -- the United Nations co-leaders on the Syria humanitarian file -- will feature a presentation to council member...
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll tops 35,000
Feb 12, 2023 (AFP)
A UN convoy with supplies for northwest Syria arrived via Turkey, but the agency's relief chief Martin Griffiths said much more was needed for millions whose ho...
Israeli rescue team leaves Turkey over security fears
Feb 12, 2023 (AFP)
The United Hatzalah group posted images on Twitter of its team assisting Turkish Red Crescent personnel rescue a person from the rubble near the quake's epicent...
Insulated from war, quake brings 'first catastrophe' to Syria city
Feb 11, 2023 (AFP)
With flattened buildings, civilians trapped under rubble and residents forced to flee their homes, Jableh is no longer sheltered from the kind of devastation th...
New research suggests drought accelerated empire collapse
Feb 10, 2023 (SPX)
The Hittite Empire emerged around 1650 BC in semi-arid central Anatolia, a region that includes much of modern Turkey. For the next five centuries, the Hittites...
White Helmets slam UN quake response in rebel areas of Syria
Feb 10, 2023 (AFP)
Leveraging years of experience gleaned during Syria's more than decade-long civil war, the White Helmets have been spearheading rescue efforts in rebel areas wi...
US announces $85 mn aid, sanctions relief for quake-hit Turkey and Syria
Feb 10, 2023 (AFP)
The 7.8-magnitude quake struck early Monday near the Turkish-Syrian border, and by Friday morning the death toll in both countries topped 21,000. Search efforts...
Turkish quake survivors face big freeze in cars, tents
Feb 09, 2023 (AFP)
Parents walked the streets of the city -- close to the epicentre of Monday's earthquake that has left more than 12,000 dead -- carrying their children in blanke...
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