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More than 22,000 people are said have died following Monday night's earthquake

"My mum has basically lost her entire family including all of her five sisters and four brothers"

Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having survived. What's left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society? What lingers over a decade later, even as the rest of the world moves on? Similarities…

Death toll passes 22,000; rescuers continue to pull people out of the rubble alive

The last thing Nuhad Dawoud heard before his home collapsed on top of him was the sound of his wife praying as the walls of their home shook in the early hours of Monday morning.

When the earthquake struck, Fatmah Ahmad's family fled their building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo only for her to go into labour - giving birth to her third child in hospital a few hours later.

The firefighters were flown out on Tuesday with the UK International Search and Rescue (UK ISAR) team.

The former Magpies winger was caught up in the devastating earthquake that hit parts of Turkey and Syria

Syria's government has approved humanitarian aid delivery across the frontlines of the country's 12-year-old war, state media said on Friday, a move that could speed up the arrival of help for millions of people affected by Monday's deadly quake. Aid distribution will take place in cooperation with the United Nations,…

Determination to get donations to stricken areas is galvanising people haunted by fears for family and friends

The Syrian government has approved humanitarian aid delivery across the frontlines of the country's 12-year civil war, state media said on Friday, a move that could speed up the arrival of help for millions of people affected by Monday's deadly quake.