Syria
Earthquake piles misery on war-ravaged Syrians in wintry north
JANDARIS, Syria (Reuters) - Wailing children, flattened buildings and hospitals full of bodies - a devastating earthquake on Monday looked painfully familiar…
UN aid chief says earthquake is region’s ‘worst event in 100 years’
Feb 11 (Reuters) - UN aid chief Martin Griffiths described on Saturday the devastating earthquake that hit southern Turkey and northwestern Syria…
UPDATED: Two women survive for days in earthquake rubble as death toll tops 24,150
By Kemal Aslan, Maya Gebeily and Khalil Ashawi ANTAKYA, Turkey/JANDARIS, Syria, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Rescuers in Turkey pulled two women alive…
World Food Programme warns of stock shortage in quake-hit northwest Syria
GENEVA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 14 trucks carrying humanitarian aid had crossed into northern…
UPDATED: After 104 hours buried by Turkey earthquake, woman brought out alive
KIRIKHAN, Turkey, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Rescuers pulled a woman alive out of the rubble of a collapsed building in Turkey on…
First U.N. quake aid convoy reaches Syria as envoy says needs immense
GENEVA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The first United Nations convoy carrying aid to Syrians stricken three days ago by a deadly earthquake…
UPDATED: Earthquake death toll rises over 14,000 in Turkey; Hopes fade for finding more Turkey-Syria quake survivors
ANKARA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The death toll in Turkey from this week's powerful earthquakes has risen to 14,014, with more than…
UPDATED: Erdogan visits earthquake-hit south as anger grows over rescue effort
By Mehmet Caliskan, Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay KAHRAMANMARAS/ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan visited southern Turkey on…
Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so powerful?
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday is likely to be one of…
Opinion: Turkey-Syria earthquake: how diplomacy can bring warring countries together to save lives
by Ilan Kelman - Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL, via The Conversation The death toll of the massive earthquakes that have…
Syria’s Red Crescent ready to deliver aid to opposition-held areas
Syria's Red Crescent is ready to deliver relief aid to all the country's regions including opposition-held areas and is urging the United…
WATCH: Death toll from earthquake in Turkey nears 3,000, rescuers search for survivors
Rescue teams worked early on Tuesday to release people trapped in the rubble of buildings in southern Turkey as the death toll…