Syria

Syrian media say Israel fired missiles on Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood, killing five and wounding 15. Published On 19 Feb 202319 Feb 2023 At least five people have been killed, 15 wounded and several residential buildings damaged in Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state media reported. The…

This image from video provided by the Department of Defense and released on Feb. 3, 2022, shows the compound before a raid where Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, leader of the Islamic State Group, died in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. A U.S. official says that the militant leader, one of the…

It has been confirmed that footballer Christian Atsu has sadly died after the Turkey-Syria earthquake. The former Newcastle United and Chelsea player is survived by his wife and children. We take a look at Christian Atsu and his wife, Marie-Claire Rupio and the time they had together. Former Premier League…

By Gerald ImrayFebruary 18, 2023 — 9.23pm Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31. Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-storey building where he had been living…

Bab al-Hawa, Syria – Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Turkey who survived last week’s earthquakes are returning to their war-torn homeland after once again losing everything. Turkish authorities have announced the opening of border crossings for Syrians after the February 6 quakes, which killed tens of thousands of people. Mohamad…

The Long Live Egypt Fund, affiliated to the Egyptian Presidency, announced the allocation of account No. 037037 for Syria relief in all Egyptian banks, to collect donations for the earthquake victims in Syria. The account, which Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered to be opened, aims to receive contributions from…

Published February 16, 2023 3:50pm File photo shows a rescue dog searching for victims and survivors in the regime-controlled town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the Syrian capital, on February 12 2023, in the aftermath of the 7.8-magnitude quake that struck early on February 6 as…

/ Middle East HOUR BY HOUR Issued on: 16/02/2023 - 07:40Modified: 16/02/2023 - 11:30 People sit at a camp next to the site of destroyed high-end building, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Antakya, Turkey February 16, 2023. © Maxim Shemetov, Reuters The February 6 earthquakes that killed…

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 Syrian earthquake and Antonio Guterres UN Secretary-General António Guterres, has announced a US$397 million humanitarian appeal to aid the people of earthquake-ravaged Syria, to help secure “desperately needed” relief for nearly five million people. Mr Guterres, who disclosed this in an interview with UN correspondents on…

BEIRUT (AP) — Gunmen stormed a hospital in north Syria where a baby girl is receiving care after being born under the rubble of her family’s earthquake-shattered home, a hospital official said Tuesday, adding that the attackers beat the clinic’s director. The official denied reports on social media claiming that…