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The Latest Breaking News from Earthquakes

Syrians displaced by quakes fear cholera outbreak as cases surge

At least two people died in northwest Syria last month following a rise in cholera infections.

Al Jazeera

Turkey earthquake: Dog pulled from rubble after being buried alive for 23 days

Just over three weeks ago, twin earthquakes tore apart Turkey and Syria, leading to entire neighbourhoods being completely flattened and the deaths of 50,000 people

Daily Mirror

Analysis: Efforts to end Assad isolation gather speed after quake

Experts say many Arab governments see last month’s earthquake disaster as reason to deepen engagement with al-Assad.

Al Jazeera

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‘The internet’s sewer’: why Turkey blocked its most popular social site

Chaotic free speech on Ekşi Sözlük finally proved too much after devastating earthquakes hit country

The Guardian - UK

Turkey’s Erdogan indicates election will take place on May 14

Last month’s earthquakes led to suggestions that Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections would be postponed.

Al Jazeera

UN Calls for 'Coordinated Process' to Resolve Syrian Crisis

The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, called for building on the Arab and international response to recover from the earthquakes that recently struck Türkiye and Syria. Pedersen said the earthquakes caused "unspeakable suffering for millions of people" to carry out a coordinated process to meet the challenges…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye's Economy Grew 5.6% in 2022

Türkiye's economy expanded 5.6% in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday but growth was expected to slow significantly to 2.8% in 2023 after earthquakes this month caused widespread destruction in the south of the country. The economy had started cooling in the second half of 2022 with a decline in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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LA County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County took the first step Tuesday toward a mandatory earthquake retrofit order for the types of concrete buildings that collapsed catastrophically in the devastating earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria, causing many of the 50,000 deaths tallied so far.

Los Angeles Times

UN says at least 50,000 killed in Turkey and Syria quakes

The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless

The Independent UK

Cholera outbreak in quake-hit northwestern Syria kills two people

Two people have died and 568 non-fatal cases have been reported in the earthquake-hit areas of northwestern Syria.

Al Jazeera

India’s sinking holy town of Joshimath faces grim future: ‘a time bomb’

It was built on debris left from landslides and earthquakes. Scientists have long warned it can’t withstand the heavy construction being done to boost religious tourism to Hindu and Sikh holy sites.

Chicago Sun-Times

WHO's Tedros Pledges Support after First Visit to Türkiye's Quake Zone

The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two. The massive earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southeast and neighboring Syria in the last…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye's Quakes Revive Concern for Northwestern Industrial Hub

Earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye that destroyed cities and killed 44,000 people have prompted authorities to look again at how the quake-prone nation might cope with a similar tremor in Türkiye's densely populated, northwestern industrial heartland. Istanbul, Türkiye's biggest city with a population of 16 million and the country's commercial engine,…

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Russia Seeks to Accelerate Syria-Türkiye Normalization

Russia aims to normalize relations between Syria and Türkiye in light of the regional and global solidarity both countries received following the devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov recently announced that Moscow is arranging a meeting that brings together the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Türkiye,…

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World Bank: Feb. 6 Quakes Caused $34.2 Bln in Damage in Türkiye

The two major earthquakes which hit Türkiye on Feb.

Reuters

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

Cries of "government resign" rang out from Turkish football stadiums at the weekend as fans criticised the government's response to this month's earthquakes that have killed more than 50,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

The Conversation

Disaster survivors need help remaining connected with friends and families – and access to mental health care

The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.

Bangkok Post

Quakes are inevitable. Huge death tolls are not

Earthquakes can neither be prevented nor predicted. If a Category 5 typhoon nears, evacuations are possible; there can be time to move to a safe zone before the pyroclastic flow of a volcano sweeps all in its path.

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The Guardian - UK

Greece fortifies border to block refugees from Turkish-Syrian earthquakes

Patrols dispatched to frontier as migration minister calls for fences and surveillance as well as aid to preempt migration

Al Jazeera

Children go back to school in NW Syria after devastating quakes

According to the ministry of education in Idlib governorate, about 250 schools in the region were damaged in the quakes.

Evening Standard

More than 180 people arrested over collapse of buildings after Turkish earthquakes

Justice minister Bekir Bozdag said on Saturday that more than 600 people had been investigated

Belfast Live

Belfast community rallies to support Turkish man who lost family members in earthquake

Mustafa Gunay lost his sister and her family when the earthquakes hit their home city of Antakya in Turkey

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye Widens Probe into Building Collapses as Quake Toll Exceeds 50,000

Türkiye has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices. Overnight, the death toll from the earthquakes, the most powerful of which struck…

Reuters

Turkey widens probe into building collapses as quake toll exceeds 50,000

Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices.

Tribune News Service

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