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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Growing calls to open border crossing for aid to reach Syria

The only international aid corridor from Turkey into Syria has been disrupted because of earthquake damage, compounding an already dire humanitarian situation and laying the groundwork for potential wrangling between the Syrian government and the international community. “It’s chaos. We are not able to rely on anything cross border right now,” Amany Qaddour, regional director of Syria Relief and Development, told Middle East Eye. Two earthquakes with an epicentre in Turkey have so far […]

today8 February 2023

International News

Fifth and sixth boys rescued as divers re-enter Thai cave

A fifth and sixth boy have been rescued from the cave in northern Thailand where their football team and coach have been trapped for over two weeks. Sources at the site said the fifth boy emerged before 5pm and was leaving the entrance. Minutes later, an ambulance passed the media centre a few kilometres from the cave, followed by a helicopter passing overhead a short time later. About 6pm local […]

today9 July 2018

International News

Thai diver dies as rescue teams ponder how to bring out trapped boys

A former Thai navy diver died working to save 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped inside a flooded cave, highlighting the risks for rescue teams trying to find a safe way to bring the group out after 13 days underground. Dwindling oxygen levels in the cave complex and weather forecasts predicting more heavy rain added to the pressure on authorities to work out a rescue plan. Samarn Poonan, 38, […]

today6 July 2018

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