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…
Cyprus probes washed up dead whales, earthquake link possible
NICOSIA (Reuters) - A number of whales have washed up dead on the northern shores of Cyprus, authorities said, possibly affected by…
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…
Turkey declares emergency as Turkey-Syria quake death toll passes 5,200
ANTAKYA, Turkey, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in 10 provinces devastated by…