The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Al Jazeera breaks down the political, military and economic positions of various countries around the world.

The Red Cross' global chief says Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon

A United Nations official says the death toll from the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake is likely to rise as teams scramble to remove rubble in hard-hit areas

A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Türkiye on Thursday more than 10 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 42,000 people in the country and neighboring Syria, as families of those still missing await news of their fate. The 17-year-old was rescued in Türkiye’s…

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a convoy of 14 of its trucks had entered northwestern Syria on Sunday to assist in earthquake rescue operations, as concerns grow over lack of access to the war-ravaged area.

Ever since the Feb. 6 earthquake decimated swaths of Turkey and Syria, survivors have gathered outside destroyed houses and apartments, refusing to leave

Waters that submerged parts of the city of Iskenderun on the Mediterranean coast have receded nine days after the devastating earthquake that struck southern Türkiye and northern Syria. The quake’s aftermath had left families in fear and most infrastructure out of service. Although the earthquake did not destroy Iskenderun, which…

Even as rescuers rush to arrive, it's often locals who can best offer immediate help, experts say. And they say governments in devastated areas often fail to realize the scope and respond immediately.

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

A 17-year-old woman was rescued on Thursday from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the southern central province of Kahramanmaras, 248 hours after a massive earthquake struck the area this week, killing more than 40,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

Turkey’s disaster management agency has raised the number of fatalities in in the country from two quakes that struck nine hours apart last week to 36,187