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WHO chief ‘heartbroken’ by visit to quake-hit Syria, says more funds needed Syria

WHO chief ‘heartbroken’ by visit to quake-hit Syria, says more funds needed

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…
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March 1, 2023
WHO chief visits rebel-held northwest Syria for first time since earthquake Syria

WHO chief visits rebel-held northwest Syria for first time since earthquake

/ 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…
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March 1, 2023
House approves resolution mourning Turkey, Syria earthquake deaths; condemning Assad Syria

House approves resolution mourning Turkey, Syria earthquake deaths; condemning Assad

A man carries buckets as he walks among destroyed buildings after the earthquake in Samandag, southern Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. The number of people killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria continues to rise. As chances of finding more survivors dwindled,…
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February 28, 2023
Turkish soccer fans do their own ‘Teddy Bear Toss’ to support earthquake victims Syria

Turkish soccer fans do their own ‘Teddy Bear Toss’ to support earthquake victims

Fans of Turkish Süper Lig club Besiktas Istanbul interrupted Sunday’s match against Antalyaspor for a good cause. They threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch in a show of support for children impacted by the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The game was paused after 4 minutes and…
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February 27, 2023
Turks protest over government’s quake response in stadiums, on streets Syria

Turks protest over government’s quake response in stadiums, on streets

 Members of pro-Kurdish opposition Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) protest against government's interference to the earthquakes which began on February 6, 2023, have struck both Turkey and neighbouring Syria and killed more than 50,000, in Istanbul, Turkey February 26, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Photo ISTANBUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Cries of "government…
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February 27, 2023
Saudi Rescue Team returns to KSA after its participation in helping people in Turkey Syria

Saudi Rescue Team returns to KSA after its participation in helping people in Turkey

The Saudi authorities took an urgent decision to complete the tasks of the Saudi search and rescue team in Turkey. The authorities commanded the team to leave Turkey immediately after its contribution to the search for the earthquake victims. A devastating earthquake struck Syria and Turkey during the last period.…
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February 25, 2023
A Syrian exodus: Some 30,000 refugees return home after Turkey’s earthquake Syria

A Syrian exodus: Some 30,000 refugees return home after Turkey’s earthquake

ANKARA — Turkish authorities estimated this week that more than 30,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country following the two devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, but the UN's refugee agency told Al-Monitor that their right to return should remain unhindered under legal protection status. Turkey’s…
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February 24, 2023