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Anger grows at ‘slow’ response from rescuers, as some claim disparities based on politics and religion

The Kremlin said on Monday that it was in contact with Syrian authorities over providing relief to areas affected by last week's earthquake and that it was finding ways to continue supplying humanitarian aid there. At least 34,000 people have died since a major earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria last…

The phase of the rescue after the major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria a week ago is "coming to a close" with urgency now switching to shelter, food, schooling and psychosocial care, the U.N. aid chief said during a visit to Syria on Monday.

Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey as the death toll from devastating earthquakes across Turkey and Syria passes 33,000.

People buried under rubble in southern Turkey continue to defy the odds, surviving freezing weather and a week without water. A 40-year-old woman was pulled alive in Gaziantep province early Monday.

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Rescue crews on Monday pulled a 40-year-old woman from the wreckage of a building a week after two powerful earthquakes struck, but reports of rescues are coming less often as the time since the quake reaches the limits of the human body’s ability to survive without water, especially in sub-freezing…

The Saudi rescue team continues to coordinate with Turkish authorities during rescue missions to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria. Head of KSrelief’s emergency relief department Fahad al-Osaimi announced that the mission aims to attract more Saudi volunteers and experts specialized in search, rescue,…

Nine survivors were rescued from the rubble in Turkey on Tuesday, more than a week after a massive earthquake struck, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold.

Thousands of people have been killed in Syria by the earthquake that struck its border region with Turkey on Feb. 6 but aid has been slow to reach the most affected areas.

The rescue phase following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6 is "coming to a close" with urgency now switching to providing shelter and food to survivors, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said during a visit to Aleppo on Monday. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad asked for international…