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UN food agency chief tells of ‘apocalyptic’ scenes in quake-hit Turkey

Meanwhile, the situation in Syrian amounts to a "catastrophe on top of a catastrophe", says head of United Nation's World Food Programme. The head of the United Nation's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Saturday he was confronted with "apocalyptic" scenes as he visited earthquake-stricken areas in southern Turkey. Strong earthquakes, which began on 6 February have struck both Turkey and neighbouring Syria, killing more than 50,000 people according to the latest figures released […]

26 February 2023

International

Air strike hits north-west Syria, kills 2 in first aerial bombardment since earthquake

At least two people were killed in an air strike on a motorcycle in the rebel-held zone of north-west Syria on Friday, the local civil defence said, in the first aerial bombing on the area since a devastating earthquake nearly three weeks ago, Reuters reports. The rescue force that operates in opposition-held parts of Syria said two unidentified people were hit in an air strike carried out by "an unidentified aerial drone". […]

25 February 2023

International

Death toll climbs above 50,000 after Turkey, Syria earthquakes

The number of people killed by the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria earlier this month has now passed 50,000, according to the latest figures from both countries. In Turkey alone, 44,218 people died as a result of the earthquakes, the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Friday, while the latest announced death toll in Syria was 5,914. The first earthquake on February 6 that hit southeastern Turkey and […]

25 February 2023

International

‘Buried alive’: Syrians recount losing family in the earthquakes

Atarib, Syria – When the first earthquake struck on February 6, heavily pregnant Sakhaa al-Mousa was jolted awake in her apartment. Before the 24-year-old had time to fathom what was going on, the three-storey building she and her family were in caved, trapping them underneath. “I started screaming, hoping that someone outside could hear me,” she told Al Jazeera. “I could hear the rescuers but they couldn’t hear me. So I […]

20 February 2023

International

Volunteer across the globe race to provide relief to Turkey earthquake victims.

By Kouthar Sambo In a three-story office building in Diyarbakir, volunteers organize the logistics of getting help to earthquake victims in Turkey while inhaling clouds of cigarette smoke and sipping cups of black tea as they render their services to the victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake disaster in Turkey. Millions of individuals affected by the disaster last week are being provided with supplies by dozens of volunteers from across […]

15 February 2023

International

North Western Syria receives the first UN assistance since the earthquake struck on Monday

By Kouthar Sambo Since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake occurred on Monday, the first UN assistance convoy has entered northwest Syria from Turkey, the UN confirmed with Al Jazeerah. According to a representative for the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, six trucks arrived at Bab al-Hawa on Thursday, the sole border crossing where the UN Security Council has granted permission for the delivery of supplies. Meanwhile President of the […]

9 February 2023

Local

The UK urges the UN to allow fresh routes into Syria for urgent aid

By Kouthar Sambo Britain is pleading with the UN to open up fresh routes that enables aid to Syria due to the ongoing death toll and humanitarian situation brought on by yesterday's 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which was centered in south-eastern Turkey. According to Aljazeerah, the current death toll is at 11 000 as a result of the earthquake and its aftershocks. Thousands more have also been injured, and many more […]

8 February 2023

International

Demands to open border crossing increase so aid can reach Syria

By Kouthar Sambo According to a UN spokesperson, the effects of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey-Syria have temporarily halted humanitarian deliveries from Turkiye to north-western Syria, forcing relief workers to figure out how to assist people in a war-torn nation, Reuters reports. Madevi Sun-Suon, a Spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), told Reuters that it was unclear when the aid, on which 4 million […]

8 February 2023

International

A new earthquake strikes southeast Turkey

By Kouthar Sambo Southeast Turkey has experienced a new earthquake, according to the United States Geological Service (USGS) and Turkey's AFAP emergency organization. The quake, according to Turkish officials, had a magnitude of 7.6. The village of Ekinozu in the Kahramanmaras, where the 7.8 earthquake struck hours earlier, is four kilometers (2.5 miles) south-southeast of where the 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck at 24 minutes pass one pm, according to the USGS. […]

7 February 2023

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