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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.

Reuters

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

The Independent UK

Daily Dose Ep 1273: Kharge questions expunged remarks, another Adani row plea in SC

Gurmehar Kaur brings you the news from Delhi, Parliament, Supreme Court, Turkey, and Syria.

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Aid workers in Turkey and Syria describe devastation caused by earthquake

The Disasters Emergency Committee is co-ordinating a joint rapid fundraising response by 14 charities.

The Independent UK

Middle East roundup: Devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

Here’s a roundup of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

UK will keep working with UN on Syria-Turkey earthquake response - Cleverly

Britain will continue to work with the United Nations and others to support Turkey and Syria following earthquakes there, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Thursday, describing the situation in Syria as "considerably harder."

Reuters

Why we can't predict earthquakes

Elements of criteria can point towards the possibility of an earthquake but, at best, predictions are good guesses

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Syrian woman in Ireland desperately trying to find out what happened to newborn baby of friend killed in earthquake

"I can't get in contact with anyone at the minute as most phones are dead because they have nowhere to charge them"

Irish Mirror

‘I am lucky’: Syrian earthquake survivor tells of dire straits in Aleppo

After enduring nearly 12 years of war, destitute Syrian families now huddle for warmth as resources run low

The Guardian - UK

Palestinians extend a helping hand to quake-hit Turkey and Syria

Rescuers from the occupied Palestinian territories are joining international efforts to bring quake survivors to safety.

Al Jazeera

Horrific scale of Turkey earthquake disaster in numbers as death toll nears 19,000

The death toll passed 19,000 on Thursday morning, as the WHO fears that numbers could reach 20,000

The Independent UK

Twitter cutoff in Turkey amid earthquake rescue operations: A social media expert explains the danger of losing the microblogging service in times of disaster

Twitter was blocked in Turkey on Feb. 8, 2023, according to internet monitoring service NetBlocks. The outage came amid the massive rescue operation and humanitarian crisis in the aftermath of the earthquakes in southern Turkey and northern Syria two days earlier. Access to Twitter appeared to be restored about 12…

The Conversation

The Beekeeper of Aleppo review – harrowing refugee tale reaches the stage

Christy Lefteri’s novel is an account of a perilous journey from Syria to England that, despite renewed poignancy, makes for an uneven drama

The Guardian - UK

Turkey-Syria earthquake: the challenge of delivering aid in a disaster zone

It’s the middle of the night and you are fast asleep. Suddenly you have ceiling plaster smashing down on you, pictures are falling off the walls and your bedroom is swaying. You wake your partner, grab the kids and make your way down a stairwell in the darkness as you…

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Reuters

Earthquake death toll in northwest Syria climbs to more than 1,930 -civil defence

At least 1,930 people were killed in opposition-held northwest Syria by the major earthquake, Syria's civil defence said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Toddler pulled from ruins after 78 hours trapped by Turkey earthquake

Earlier, in the same city, a father and daughter were pulled from the wreckage of another collapsed building

The Independent UK

Tamer Hassan fears he and Love Island daughter Belle have ‘lost’ family in Turkey earthquake

Death toll from quakes crosses 15,000 mark as rescuers continue to pull bodies from rubble

The Guardian - UK

Turkey and Syria earthquake death toll passes 21,000 as first aid convoy enters north-west Syria

Turkey says it is working to open two more border crossings; girl and father pulled alive from rubble in Antakya

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WEKU

Videos show extraordinary rescues in Syria in the earthquake's dire aftermath

Hope is fading for finding survivors after Monday's devastating earthquake. But widely shared footage of volunteers pulling people alive from rubble in northwest Syria has lifted spirits.

The Guardian - UK

Turkey and Syria earthquake: what we know so far on day four

Deaths pass 19,000; first aid convoy reaches north-west Syria

Bangkok Post

Hopes fade as quake toll reaches 17,500

BAB AL-HAWA BORDER CROSSING, Syria: Hopes were fading Thursday for rescuing survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which has killed over 17,500 people in one of the deadliest tremors in decades.

France 24

Diary of a war reporter: From revolution in Egypt to the battle of Mosul in Iraq

Award-winning French journalist Samuel Forey joins us for Perspective to discuss his newly-released book, which retraces six years of reporting from the Middle East. He tells us more about why he decided to become a war reporter and also reacts to the devastating twin earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Earthquake Stuns Syria’s Aleppo Even after War’s Horrors

For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria’s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the war’s fiercest battle zones. Even that didn’t prepare them for the new devastation and terror wreaked by this week’s earthquake. The natural disaster piled on…

Daily Mirror

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Heartbreaking images show 16 babies being flown to safety

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's plane was used to carry 16 orphaned babies from Kahramanmaras to the Turkish capital following the devastating double-blow 7.8 and 7.5-magnitude quakes

Asharq Al-Awsat

First UN Quake Aid Convoy Reaches Syria as Envoy Says Needs Immense

The first United Nations convoy carrying aid to Syrians stricken three days ago by a deadly earthquake crossed from Türkiye on Thursday, witnesses and a border crossing official said. The convoy entered Syria at the Bab al-Hawa crossing, the sources said. Turkish authorities said they would open other crossing points…

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