Syria

After nearly 20 hours of driving, we arrived in Kahramanmaras, at a scene beyond description. A truly apocalyptic scale of devastation. Building after building, block after block, had been levelled. Rescue teams were working frantically to reach people buried in the rubble of that first magnitude 7.8 earthquake on February…

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim said it was wrong to abuse humanitarian aid for political purposes in a country devastated by civil war. Published On 5 Mar 20235 Mar 2023 Qatar’s emir says he was puzzled by the delay in delivering aid to victims in Syria of last month’s earthquake, adding that…

Last Updated: March 04, 2023, 23:59 IST Geneva A Syrian woman sits in a tent near on the wreckage of a road destroyed in Demirkopru, a small Turkish village now divided by a large crack following two back-to-back massive earthquakes in Hatay on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL…

OTTAWA - The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises that has the world looking to Canada for more help. "The need around the world is enormous," said…

Podcasts Why are broadband customers facing hefty price hikes? Are Arab nations about to re-engage with Syria? And what's going on with the French women's football team? Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Julia Macfarlane, Guy Anker…

Image via Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment The latest Humble Bundle deal allows fans to buy over $1,000 worth of books and games, including Gotham Knights, for as low as $30 as part of a charity relief bundle for the aftermath of the Türkiye-Syria earthquake. According to Humble Bundle, this deal…

Director-General of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus walks at a hospital supported by Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake, in Bab al-Hawa crossing at the Syrian-Turkish border, in Idlib governorate, Syria March 1, 2023. — Reuters pic Follow us on Instagram, subscribe…

/ Middle East Issued on: 01/03/2023 - 13:53 UN vehicles take the Bab al-Hawa border crossing to enter Syria's rebel-held northwest on February 14, 2023. © Omar Haj Kadour, AFP World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited rebel-held northwestern Syria on Wednesday, his first trip to areas outside Damascus's…

BEIRUT: A devastating earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria killed more than 50,000 people, in a toll revised by AFP that includes figures from both government and rebel-controlled parts of war-torn Syria. A total of 5,951 people were killed across Syria, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after the February 6…

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