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Commentary: Remember the earthquakes’ overlooked victims and survivors

As we open our hearts and wallets to the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, let’s not forget about those who often go unmentioned: animals.

Tribune News Service

‘Our home is yours’: Turkey families take in earthquake survivors

Thousands of families host survivors of the earthquake from Turkey’s southern provinces.

Al Jazeera

Quake latest: 40,000 killed; Turkey stocks up

ANKARA: The death toll in Turkey and neighbouring Syria surpassed 40,000, as Turkey’s trading resumed following last week’s suspension due to the earthquakes.

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UN aid enters Syria via new border crossing as quake toll nears 40,000

A UN convoy of 11 trucks has entered rebel-held north-western Syria from Turkey via the newly opened Bab al-Salam crossing as the death toll from last week's earthquake reached almost 40,000. More than 50 other trucks with UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa.

Radio France Internationale

Jordan's foreign minister to visit Syria, Turkey to show 'solidarity' after quake

Jordan's foreign minister Ayman Safadi will head to Syria and Turkey on Wednesday in a "show of solidarity" after the quake that killed thousands of people in both countries, his ministry said.

Reuters

International rescue teams in Turkey work under watchful eyes of families

In the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman, international rescue teams are still searching for survivors, or trying to recover bodies, as worried families watch more than a week after the devastating earthquake killed nearly 40,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

France 24

An act of God caused the earthquake in Turkey – murderous corruption caused so many deaths

Corner-cutting contractors sold buildings as safe that then collapsed, while officials offered permits and lax controls, says writer and academic Constanze Letsch

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Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey, some aid reaches Syria

Two women were pulled from the rubble in Turkey's southern city of Kahramanmaras and a mother and two children were rescued from the city of Antakya on Wednesday, as rescue efforts shifted to getting relief to survivors nine days after a deadly earthquake.

Reuters

UN launches appeal for quake-hit Syrians as deaths in Turkey and Syria near 40,000

As the death toll from the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria approached 40,000 on Wednesday, the UN launched an appeal for $397 million to provide “life-saving relief” for nearly five million Syrians affected by the latest disaster. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All…

France 24

In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake

After more than a decade of bombardment, dwindling international support, and a crippling economic crisis, Syria's opposition-held northwest was already barely hanging on when calamity struck.

Reuters

Australian to boost Turkey, Syria earthquake aid by $8m

Australia is lifting its aid response to earthquake devastation in Turkey and Syria with an extra $8 million for protecting those most vulnerable.

AAP

Earthquakes, Turkish politics and culpability

If you are trying to dodge the blame for a great disaster, the best policy is to say that it was God's will. So Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visiting one of the 6,000 buildings that collapsed on their sleeping residents in eastern Turkey last week, said: "Such things have…

Bangkok Post

King Charles expresses sorrow for those affected by quake

Britain’s King Charles III has met with Turkish and Syrian communities in London, showing support to those sending aid to their homeland and expressing sorrow for those affected by last week’s devastating earthquake

The Independent UK

Welsh firefighter searching for Turkey earthquake survivors tells of horrific scenes of bodies piled on roadside

‘Seeing them piled up on the side of the road and the grieving families - that’s difficult.’

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Irish Mirror

GoFundMe set up to help Belfast woman's husband living in tent in Turkey after devastating earthquake

Jade Özbey was brought to tears by the support for her husband

The Conversation

Israel enters a dangerous period – public protests swell over Netanyahu's plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court

Proposals by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government to radically diminish the power and independence of Israel’s judiciary sparked demonstrations across the country starting in January 2023. An estimated 200,000 Israelis took part in protests on Feb. 11 and another 100,000 in front of the Parliament on Feb. 13, the…

The Independent UK

Earthquake ‘worst in Turkey’s history’ as UN aid convoy finally crosses into Syria

Eleven aid trucks enter northern Syria after talks to reopen border crossings in rebel-held areas

Reuters

In 'miracle' escape from earthquake, Syrian woman rescues children and bag of memories

When she felt the first tremors of the earthquake which hit Syria and Turkey last week, Um Kanan woke her three children and rushed them to a small closet in her bedroom for shelter, along with a collection of family photos and documents.

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Israeli Rescue Teams Saving Lives In Turkey

United Hatzalah is attempting to rescue lives following earthquakes that have killed more than 15,000 people.

The Conversation

As Syrians were trapped beneath the rubble, a broken UN system was held hostage by the Assad regime

While international teams poured into Turkey to mount a furious search and rescue effort following the massive earthquake on February 6, the response on the other side of the border in Syria was catastrophically slow.

The Conversation

Secondary crises after the Turkey-Syria earthquakes are now the greatest threat to life

The death toll from the Turkey and Syria earthquakes has continued to climb, with more than 37,000 lives lost. This staggering number is likely to grow even higher over coming days as the rubble is cleared. The disaster is now among the top five most deadly earthquakes globally in the…

The Independent UK

UN appeals for $397 million to help Syrian quake survivors

The United Nations chief has launched a $397 million appeal to help nearly 5 million survivors of last week’s devastating earthquake in rebel-held northwest Syria who have received very little assistance

Daily Record

Capital FM's Ant Payne apologises after making 'insensitive' joke about Turkey

Ant's show is broadcast across London weekdays between 4pm and 7pm, but tonight he's been replaced by his colleague Niall Gray.

Al Jazeera

Earthquake aid reaches NW Syria via newly opened crossing

Eleven trucks carrying humanitarian assistance passed through the Bab al-Salam crossing, UN says.

The Independent UK

Syria's Assad could reap rewards from aid crossing deal

A convoy of 11 trucks from a United Nations agency has crossed into northern Syria from Turkey — just hours after the U.N. and Syrian government reached an agreement to temporarily authorize two new border crossings into the rebel enclave

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