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A newborn baby discovered under rubble in a northwestern Syrian town with her umbilical cord still connected to her mother is improving in the hospital. Video / AP When Zafer Mahmut Boncuk’s apartment building collapsed in Turkey’s devastating earthquake, he discovered his 75-year-old mother was still alive - but pinned…

/ Middle East HOUR BY HOUR Issued on: 12/02/2023 - 07:22 A Turkish rescue worker checks a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, February 11, 2023. © Emrah Gurel, AP Rescuers pulled a seven-month-old baby and a teenage girl from the rubble on Sunday, nearly a week after an earthquake…

Embed The code has been copied to your clipboard. width px height px The URL has been copied to your clipboard No media source currently available The United States has pledged more than $85 million dollars in humanitarian assistance to Turkey and Syria after an earthquake killed more than 20,000…

ISTANBUL Rescuers pulled out children Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the toll approached 23,000 and a winter freeze compounded the suffering for nearly one million people estimated to be in urgent need of food. The stench of death hung over Turkey's eastern city of Kahramanmaras --…

A British-Pakistani aid worker raising money for those impacted by the earthquake said she can feel the entire city of Istanbul “in mourning”, as she urged the West: “Don’t forget about Syria.” Rubbia A, 27, who did not want to provide her last name, is a mental health researcher for…

Priscilla Okyere has been playing international football for Ghana for over a decade Ghana midfielder Priscilla Okyere is terrified of going to sleep, afraid that another earthquake might happen when she is in bed. The 27-year-old plays for Hatayspor in southern Turkey, and is a survivor of the devastating quake…

King Charles sent a letter to the Turkish President after a devastating earthquake that killed hundreds of people on Monday. The monarch was criticized for not sending the letter to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Royal correspondent Richard Palmer took to Twitter to share his views on the King's letter.…

Explainer: What is Slowing Down the Aid to Quake-Hit Syria? Photo Credit: AFS After the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, 6 February, various entities and organizations from the international community pledged their support to the countries affected. Foreign emergency aid, alongside thousands of medical…

Turkish goalkeeper Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan has died following Monday’s earthquake in his home country, his club Yeni Malatyaspor has confirmed. More than 7,000 people have lost their lives in Turkey and Syria following the earthquake, reports the BBC. “Our goalkeeper, Ahmet Eyup Turkaslan, lost his life after being under the…

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- China has launched an emergency humanitarian assistance mechanism and will provide emergency aid to quake-hit Türkiye and Syria, said Deng Boqing, deputy head of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, on Tuesday. China will provide the first batch of emergency aid worth 40 million yuan…