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Analysis-After allowing quake aid routes, Syria's Assad may expect reward

By allowing aid to enter rebel-held northwest Syria through more border crossings from Turkey, President Bashar al-Assad has given way to a demand of his foreign adversaries. The question now, say analysts, is what he may want in return.

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Syria's Assad urges UN for help rebuilding after quake

Damascus (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called Monday for international aid for reconstruction in the quake-struck country during a meeting with United Nations relief chief Martin Griffiths, the presidency said.

AFP

Turkey finds a few more earthquake survivors as further rescue hopes fade

Turkish rescue efforts wind down amid grief and anger while UN calls for aid access to north-west Syria

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Leila Khaled: The Soviets Supplied us with Parts to Develop Advanced Bombs

Final episode Leila Khaled is approaching 80. She has spent her life chasing a dream that has not been achieved. She has not abandoned it and feels no regret or remorse. She joined the Arab Nationalist Movement while she was still in high school and later joined the Popular Front…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Explainer-How Syria's war has hindered earthquake relief

Thousands of people have been killed in Syria by the earthquake that struck its border region with Turkey on Feb. 6 but aid has been slow to reach the most affected areas.

Reuters

Syria's Assad may consider more border crossings for quake aid: WHO

Damascus (AFP) - The WHO chief said Sunday that Syria's President Bashar al-Assad had voiced openness to more border crossings for aid to be brought to quake victims in the country's rebel-held northwest.

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EU envoy to Syria: 'absolutely unfair' to be accused of shirking earthquake aid

The European Union's envoy to Syria said early on Sunday that it was not fair to accuse the group of failing to provide enough help to Syrians following the earthquake that devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey last week.

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Quake aid is political pawn as powers clash over Syria access

Aid deliveries to tens of thousands of Syrians caught up in this week’s earthquake are being hampered by wrangling between rival powers in the country’s more than decade-long war.

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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit from the devastation of an earthquake. As emergency services were reaching victims of the 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6, regime-linked organisations demanded governments “immediately end the siege and unilateral coercive economic sanctions imposed on Syria and…

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US Announces $85 Mn Aid, Sanctions Relief for Quake-hit Türkiye and Syria

The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million aid package to help Türkiye and Syria recover from the devastating earthquake, while also granting a temporary relief of some Damascus-related sanctions. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck early Monday near the Turkish-Syrian border, and by Friday morning the death toll in…

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Quake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

President Bashar al-Assad is seeking political advantage from an earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey, pressing for foreign aid to be delivered through his territory as he aims to chip away at his international isolation, analysts say.

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US announces $85 mn aid, sanctions relief for quake-hit Turkey and Syria

Washington (AFP) - The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million aid package to help Turkey and Syria recover from the devastating earthquake, while also granting a temporary relief of some Damascus-related sanctions.

AFP

First aid convoy reaches rebel-held Syrian enclave after earthquake

The first aid convoy to reach Syria’s rebel-held northwest since the devastating earthquake brought medicine, blankets tents and shelter kits on Thursday.

Evening Standard

UN chief pushes for more aid access to Syria from Turkey

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday pushed for more aid access to northwestern Syria from Turkey, seeking an expanded mandate from the UN Security Council to allow UN help to be delivered through more than one border crossing after a devastating earthquake struck the region earlier this week.

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The Independent UK

Days after quake, aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave

A small convoy has crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest with desperately needed medicines, blankets, tents and U.N. shelter kits, the first aid to reach the enclave, three days after the devastating earthquake struck the region, killing thousands

AFP

'Opportunity' for Syria's Assad in quake outreach, analysts say

Dubai (AFP) - Syria's politically isolated President Bashar al-Assad has received calls and aid from Arab leaders since a devastating earthquake Monday, a momentum analysts say he could leverage to bolster regional support.

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Lebanese Delegation Visits Syria, Sparking Debate About ‘Normalization with Damascus’

An official visit by a Lebanese ministerial delegation to Damascus stirred a debate between those who said the trip normalized relations with the regime and others who considered it a "duty" after the devastating earthquake that recently struck Türkiye and Syria. On Tuesday, Lebanese rescue workers were also dispatched to…

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UN pleads for access to deliver quake relief to NW Syria

Damascus (AFP) - A leading United Nations official on Wednesday called for the facilitation of aid access to rebel-held areas in Syria's northwest, warning that relief stocks will soon be depleted.

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Analysis-Earthquake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

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Delegation of Lebanese Ministers Heads to Syria after Earthquake

Lebanon is sending a high-level delegation to Damascus on Wednesday to see how to provide assistance following the devastating earthquake that hit several areas in northwestern Syria earlier this week. The ministerial delegation will be led by Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and Public Works and Transport Minister Ali Hamieh.

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Cracks, Fissures Risk Collapse of Buildings North of Damascus

Fear has gripped residents in northern Damascus, where cracks and fissures caused by Monday’s devastating earthquake threatened the collapse of homes and buildings. The earthquake’s destruction was not limited to northwestern Syria. It also extended to areas north of Damascus. Residents of the areas of Ish al-Warwar, Barzeh, Rukn al-Din…

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US Says Helping Quake-hit Syria but Not Assad

The United States said Tuesday it was working with partners to provide earthquake relief in Syria but would stand firm against working with the Damascus government. The United States also said it expected to send further assistance to Türkiye after sending two rescue teams to the NATO ally, which suffered…

AFP

US says helping quake-hit Syria but not Assad

Washington (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it was working with partners to provide earthquake relief in Syria but would stand firm against working with the Damascus government.

The Independent UK

Aid to quake-hit Syria slowed by sanctions, war's divisions

Aid workers say getting aid into Syria after this week’s devastating earthquake has been hampered by the country’s deep fragmentation from years of war

AFP

Syria quake relief a headache for Western nations and aid groups

Paris (AFP) - An earthquake that has killed more than 5,000 people in Turkey and its southern neighbour Syria is proving a diplomatic headache for those seeking to channel aid to Syrians.

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