The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Women, girls bear brunt of earthquake

Many women affected by the earthquake are the heads of households and require additional support

Salon · Feb 10, 2023

Frustration at UN ahead of likely row with Russia on Syria aid

The United Nations Security Council will next week discuss if it will allow the UN to deliver aid to rebel-held northwest Syria through more than one Turkish border crossing following Monday's devastating earthquake - a move Russia does not think is needed.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

Porsche Donates €1 Million To Help Earthquake Victims In Turkey, Syria

The company is also asking its workforce to donate.

Motor1 · Feb 10, 2023

Syrians are desperate for aid after the earthquake

Letters: People in Syria want help, and needed it four days ago, says Chris Doyle. Plus letters from Margaret Owen, Phil Murray and Mary Gildea

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Three people rescued from Syria rubble 110 hours after earthquake -state media

Three people were rescued from the rubble of a building in the Syrian city of Jableh, state media reported, around 110 hours after a deadly earthquake struck the region on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

Quake brings chance for Syria's Assad to ease isolation

Experts say Syria’s embattled President Bashar Assad may try to use this week’s deadly earthquake as an opportunity to ease his country’s international isolation

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Liverpool and Everton to unite to raise funds for victims of Turkey-Syria earthquake

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

Liverpool Echo · Feb 10, 2023

Syrian family living in Northern Ireland lose over 20 relatives in Turkey earthquake disaster

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

Belfast Live · Feb 10, 2023

Japan’s Earthquake Recovery Offers Hard Lessons for Türkiye

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2023

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

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

The Guardian - AU · Feb 10, 2023