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Exclusive-Assad approved Syria quake aid with a UAE nudge, sources say

President Bashar al-Assad ceded to calls for more aid access to Syria's northwest with prodding from the United Arab Emirates, sources say, a diplomatic win for the Gulf state which has rebuilt ties with Damascus despite U.S. disapproval.

Reuters

Turkey cuts bank rate even as it grapples with earthquake

Turkey’s central bank has resumed its policy of lowering a key interest rate, even as the country grapples with high inflation and the aftermath of a devastating earthquake

The Independent UK

From tsunami to Turkey earthquake: The role of media during natural disasters

Long after the rubble has been cleared, there remain stories that still must be written. Not just of lives lost, of injuries and damaged structures, but of the fault lines in our societies that show up in the wake of a natural disaster.

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Earthquake aftermath threatens uneasy coexistence at Turkish-Syrian border

Reopening of Bab al-Salam border and Erdoğan’s promises to deport refugees exacerbate tensions between Turks and Syrians

The Guardian - UK

France, Turkey, Cyprus and Greece travel advice updated for Edinburgh holidaymakers

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have recently updated their travel advice for various different countries, warning holidaymakers visiting any of these destinations.

Edinburgh Live

Skokie artist taps social media following to help earthquake victims in Turkey, Syria

Syed Rahman, in his own words, talks about why he rushed to offer aid: “Everyone’s displaced.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Turkey probes contractors, races to house quake survivors

Authorities are rushing to move hundreds of thousands of homeless people from tents to container cities.

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Death toll from Turkey, Syria earthquake tops 47,000

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has raised the number of fatalities in Turkey from the magnitude 7.8 earthquake to 43,556

The Independent UK

Middle East round-up: Panic, fear as new quakes hit Turkey, Syria

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

Al Jazeera

Divided Cyprus' new president scopes out peace talks reset

The new president of Cyprus is meeting informally with the leader of the breakaway Turkish Cypriots to test the waters on reviving stalemated talks to end the island’s ethnic division

The Independent UK

Turkey steps up rebuilding plans as quake toll nears 50,000

Turkey has stepped up plans to house victims of the devastating earthquake which struck its border region with Syria, the interior minister said, as the combined death toll in the two countries crept towards 50,000.

Reuters

Colorado restaurateur channels grief into fundraiser event after losing 18 relatives in Turkey earthquake

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — After the deadliest earthquake in more than a decade struck Turkey and Syria earlier this month, tragedy runs deep more than 6,600 miles away in Colorado Springs.

Tribune News Service

Scots family devastated as relatives killed in Turkey earthquake with others left homeless

Fatma Isik, 41, came to Edinburgh from Elbistan in the east of Turkey 18 years ago.

Daily Record

Earthquake death toll in Turkey rises to 43,556, minister says

The number of people killed in Turkey in this month's devastating earthquakes has risen to 43,556, the country's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said overnight.

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Turkey earthquake disaster hits home for Raiders' Guler

Canberra's Emre Guler is preparing for the Raiders' opening clash with North Queensland, but a part of his heart is many miles away in earthquake-struck Turkey.

Reuters

Swedish prime minister says NATO talks with Ankara will resume in mid-March -SVT

Sweden's prime minister said on Wednesday talks with Turkey regarding NATO membership will resume in mid-March after stalling in January in the wake of a Koran-burning protest.

WEKU

Baklava took a break in Turkey's pastry capital after the earthquake. Now it's back

In a city known for its pistachio baklava, a pastry heavyweight turned his family's restaurant into a charity kitchen and shelter after the catastrophic Feb. 6 earthquake.

Reuters

Turkey's Antakya turns into a ghost city after third quake

Trucks, emergency vehicles and excavators lined the desolate streets of Turkey's Antakya Tuesday night, after the third major earthquake in two weeks accelerated an exodus from the once-lively city.

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Evening Standard

Top UK chefs cooking up a good cause

Action Against Hunger will be hosting a charity dinner next Monday for the Syria Turkey earthquake appeal

Daily Record

Scots firefighters in Turkey tell of 'biblical' scenes after earthquake

The four men from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service joined the 77-strong UK rescue team dispatched to the two countries after massive tremors left buildings collapsed and tens of thousands of people dead.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh family distraught as relatives left homeless or killed in Turkey quake

The family have been severely distressed from watching their home country get destroyed while being limited with how much they can help from Scotland.

The Independent UK

Nearly £100m raised by UK charity after Turkey and Syria earthquake

The Disasters Emergency Committee, a non-government organisation bringing together 15 charities, said donations had reached £98 million.

Reuters

'How can that be?': Man sticks to vigil after hunt for relatives in Turkey quake ruins called off

More than two weeks after huge earthquakes devastated Turkey's Antakya, Mustafa Kazzaz was camped near the rubble of his family's building, refusing to move even after the search for the bodies of his father, brother and sister had ended.

Reuters

Finland and Sweden are heading into NATO 'hand-in-hand', Finnish president says

Finland and Sweden are proceeding "hand-in-hand" towards NATO membership but that the decision to ratify the applications for the two Nordic countries lies with Turkey, Finnish president Sauli Niinisto said on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Complaints over DJ’s ‘insensitive’ joke about Turkey hit more than 1,400

Capital Radio presenter Ant Payne made the comments on-air last week.

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