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Perthshire people rally to get aid to Turkish earthquake zone

Deliveries of aid for the many thousands made homeless by the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6 has begun leaving Perth where locals are doing what they can to assist the effort.

Daily Record · Feb 10, 2023

Governmental, International Strategies to Address Food Insecurity in Yemen

The Yemeni government, in cooperation with international organizations, is seeking to build alliances and strategies to confront the growing threat of food insecurity in the country. The authorities began discussions on the "Livelihoods and Improving Resilience in Rural Areas" program, adopted by the UN Development Program (UNDP), the Food and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2023

Trudy Rubin: Earthquakes killed nearly 12,000 people this week. Three men are partly to blame

There are moments, during horrific natural disasters such as the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, when you can witness the best that mankind is capable of — the noble behavior that often emerges during a crisis.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Feb 10, 2023

Live: Rescue efforts continue in Turkey as earthquake death toll surpasses 20,000

Watch live as crews work tirelessly to reach victims buried underneath the rubble in Adiyaman after Turkey was devastated by powerful earthquakes.

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Friday briefing: How this week’s earthquake worsens north-west Syria’s desperate humanitarian crisis

In today’s newsletter: What next for a war-torn region which already has millions of displaced people under threat – and an aid system teetering on the brink

The Guardian - UK · Feb 10, 2023

Rescuers Race to Find Türkiye-Syria Quake Survivors as Toll Tops 21,000

Rescuers were scouring debris on Friday nearly 100 hours after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, killing at least 21,000 people in one of the region's worst disasters for a century. The first UN aid deliveries arrived on Thursday in Syrian rebel-held zones, but chances of finding survivors have…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 10, 2023

UN calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Syria to facilitate bringing aid to quake victims

The United Nations rights chief called Friday for an immediate ceasefire in Syria to help facilitate bringing aid to all victims of the region's devastating earthquakes. The death toll from Monday's catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria surpassed 23,000 on Friday. Follow FRANCE 24's blog to see how the day's…

France 24 · Feb 10, 2023

Death toll rises, rescues dwindle in earthquake aftermath

A teenager was pulled largely unscathed from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Gaziantep early Friday, in a dramatic rescue that belied the reality four days after a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 20,000, that the possibility of finding many more survivors was…

The Independent UK · Feb 10, 2023

Children rescued from ruins days after earthquake, but death toll tops 23,700

Rescue crews saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped in the ruins of a building in Turkey on Friday and dug several people out from other sites as President Tayyip Erdogan said authorities should have reacted faster to this week's huge earthquake.

Reuters · Feb 10, 2023

Quake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

President Bashar al-Assad is seeking political advantage from an earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey, pressing for foreign aid to be delivered through his territory as he aims to chip away at his international isolation, analysts say.

Bangkok Post · Feb 10, 2023