A man has been rescued from the rubble nearly a week after Monday’s earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria. Huseyin Seferoglu, 23, had been trapped under the rubble for six and a half days, in the city of Antakya His rescue was watched by the BBC’s Tom …
U.S. urges U.N. vote to approve more aid access to Syria via Turkey
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States on Sunday called for the United Nations Security Council to “vote immediately” to authorize the delivery of U.N. aid to rebel-held northwest Syria through more border crossings from Turkey after last week’s …
Lebanon’s Hezbollah sends aid to Syria’s quake-hit Latakia
Lebanon’s powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah sent Sunday a … Join hundreds of Middle East professionals with Al-Monitor PRO. Business and policy professionals use PRO to monitor the regional economy …
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000; Turkey starts legal action against builders
Please try again In a central district of one of the worst hit cities, Antakya in southern Turkey, business owners emptied their shops … said the government will deal firmly with looters. In Syria, …
Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000; Turkey starts legal action against builders
Please try again In a central district of one of the worst hit cities, Antakya in southern Turkey, business owners emptied their shops … said the government will deal firmly with looters. In Syria, …
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000
The United Nations denounced Sunday the failure to deliver desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck …
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000
The United Nations denounced Sunday the failure to deliver desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck …
U.N. quake aid convoy reaches Syria where ‘everything’ needed
U.N. trucks carry desperately needed aid to rebel-held area Millions relied on aid even before earthquake struck Disaster has killed thousands, devastated homes IDLIB, Syria, Feb 9 (Reuters) – The …
Turkey-Syria earthquake: death toll rises to 33,000; baby girl rescued alive after 150 hours, Turkish health minister says – as it happened
Officials and medics say 29,605 people have died in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria; Baby girl rescued in Hatay. This live blog is now closed Please turn on JavaScript to …
Turkey arrests building contractors 6 days after quakes
As rescuers still pulled a lucky few from the rubble six days after a pair of earthquakes devastated southeast Turkey and northern Syria, Turkish officials detained or issued arrest warrants for some …