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Cyprus probes washed up dead whales, earthquake link possible

A number of whales have washed up dead on the northern shores of Cyprus, authorities said on Friday, possibly affected by the massive earthquakes in neighbouring Turkey and Syria this week.

Reuters

US exempts Syrian earthquake aid from sanctions

The new rules are designed to speed up deliveries.

Al Jazeera

Survivors pulled from rubble 100 hours after quake as toll passes 24,000

Hundreds of thousands more people have been left homeless in often sub-zero winter conditions

The Guardian - UK

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Video shows London firefighters reunite mum and daughter after they were trapped in earthquake rubble

The mother gave her young daughter a huge hug after being helped to freedom and safety

Evening Standard

Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people

It didn’t take long for Syria’s Assad regime to seek political and economic benefit from the devastation of an earthquake. As emergency services were reaching victims of the 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6, regime-linked organisations demanded governments “immediately end the siege and unilateral coercive economic sanctions imposed on Syria and…

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Enmities from Syrian civil war obstruct a quake aid convoy

An aid convoy from Syria's Kurdish-led region to earthquake-hit areas of the northwest was turned back on Thursday, failing to reach those in need in the latest example of how relief efforts are being complicated by civil war enmities.

Reuters

Satellite images reveal fault line through city near epicentre of Turkey’s deadly earthquake

Images capture extent of devastation and destruction left behind by deadly earthquake

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‘It’s all chaos’: Salisbury woman’s search for missing brother in Turkey

Ebru Ozturk has travelled to Kahramanmaraş where her brother Hakan is presumed to be under rubble

The Guardian - UK

‘Miracle’ rescues: Saved after 100 hours under rubble in Turkey

As deaths top 21,000, rescuers continue to work around the clock, hoping to pull more survivors from the debris.

Al Jazeera

Children found alive as quake toll tops 22,000

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey: Rescuers pulled children alive on Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake as the death toll surpassed 22,000 and bitter cold compounded the suffering of the homeless.

Bangkok Post

Glasgow businessman tells of heartbreak as family living in car after home destroyed in Turkey earthquake

Mehmet Sunna, 44, says his hometown of Pazarcik in southern Turkey has been reduced to rubble, with two family members dying in the tragedy.

Daily Record

2 powerful quakes link Turkey, Japan and Syria in suffering

What’s left behind after a natural disaster so powerful that it rends the foundations of a society

The Independent UK

Fire extinguished at Turkey's Iskenderun port

A fire at Turkey's Iskenderun port has been extinguished and maritime operations have resumed in the region, Turkey's maritime authority said on Friday, four days after the blaze broke out after following earthquakes that struck the country.

Reuters

Watch as Erdogan visits Turkey’s earthquake sites after death toll passes 20,000

Watch as Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, visits earthquake sites after the death toll passes 20,000.

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Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal for generators, heaters and tents as temperatures plummet in quake-hit Turkey and Syria

The North West Turkish Community, which has opened collection points in Middleton and Trafford Park, says survivors are now battling the cold

The Conversation

Why have so many earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria?

Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are common, but the magnitude 7.8 that shook the region on 6 February at 4:17am local time is clearly impressive. To find earthquakes this strong on this particular fault, we would have to go back to the year 1114.

The Independent UK

Appeal to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria raises £32m in 24 hours

The Disasters Emergency Committee’s fund was boosted by donations from the King and matching funding from the UK Government.

Daily Mirror

Eddie Howe sends heartfelt message to Christian Atsu amid Turkey earthquake rescue mission

Former Newcastle winger Christian Atsu is still missing in south-east Turkey following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake which struck the area on Monday morning

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Newborn, toddlers survive days in rubble, bringing joy amid earthquake tragedy

Crouched under concrete slabs and whispering "inshallah" (God willing), rescuers carefully reached into the rubble, then passed down the line their prize - a 10-day-old newborn who survived four days with his mother in the collapsed building.

Al Jazeera

Rare rescues give hope amid rising quake toll in Turkey, Syria

Volunteers continue for a fifth consecutive day to dig into the debris amid despair and shrinking hopes.

Reuters

After 104 hours buried by Turkey earthquake, woman brought out alive

Rescuers pulled a woman alive out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on Friday, prompting cheers from onlookers 104 hours after she was buried by the huge earthquake that wrought death and destruction across the region.

The Guardian - UK

Geological impact of Turkey-Syria earthquake slowly comes into focus

Subsidence has caused flooding, while hillsides are at risk of landslip, which mean roads may need to be rerouted and people rehomed

Manchester Evening News

The six-person team working out of a Stockport warehouse who are saving lives in Turkey and Syria

The charity has sprung into action after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on Monday.

Daily Mirror

Man's mother and brother died in each other's arms in Turkey earthquake

Kerem Aydin received the terrible news that his mother and brother had both died in the earthquake, and they were found hugging in the rubble-strewn remains of their home in Antakya

The Independent UK

Aid workers speak of concern for ‘nightmare scenario’ facing Syria after quake

Survivors are still being found in Turkey on Friday, including six family members trapped under a collapsed building.

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