A Syrian boy searches building rubble for items to salvage in the regime-controlled town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the capital, on February 10, 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake. Karim SAHIB / AFP JABLEH, Syria -- Syria's coastal city of Jableh, a regime...
This aerial view shows collapsed buildings during the ongoing rescue operation in Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the first 7.8-magnitude tremor five days ago, in southeastern Türkiye, on February 10, 2023. OZAN KOSE / AFP ISTANBUL, Türkiye -- The apartments they once industriously spent so...
SYRIA -- International aid was trickling into parts of Türkiye and Syria on Saturday where rescuers toiled to pull children from rubble in areas devastated by a massive earthquake that has killed over 24,000 people. A winter freeze in the affected areas has hurt rescue efforts and compounded the...
BERLIN, Germany - A Turkish woman was rescued Friday after spending more than 100 hours trapped in the rubble of her earthquake-hit home underneath her husband's dead body, a German non-profit organisation said. It took a team of rescue workers over 50 hours to painstakingly make their way through...
Pope Francis called for solidarity and unity amid the rising number of fatalities in Türkiye and Syria earthquakes. "Now is the time for compassion and for solidarity. Let us unite in our sorrow to help those who suffer in #Turkey and #Syria. May we build peace and fraternity in our world," said...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged the Security Council to authorize the opening of new cross-border humanitarian aid points between Turkey and Syria to deliver UN aid to earthquake victims. Some 4 million people living in the...
This handout photograph made available by the FDFA's Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) on February 9, 2023, shows members of the Swiss rescue team discussing the situation following a massive earthquake on February 6, in Antakya, in Hatay province on February 8, 2023. Rescue...
Rescue workers look for survivors amid the rubble of a building in the rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Mohammed AL-RIFAI / AFP WASHINGTON, United States -- The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85...
Rescuers carry a person retrieved from the rubble of a collapsed building, in Nurdagi, in the countryside of Gaziantep, on February 9, 2023, three days after a deadly earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria. The death toll from a massive earthquake that hit Türkiye and Syria climbed to more...
A Filipina earlier reported among the casualties of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week had been rescued and is alive, a representative of the Filipino community there said. Rescuers and civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in...
People rest in the historical Grand Mosque, where they found refuge, two days after a strong earthquake struck the region, in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir on February 8, 2023. Many have taken refuge from relentless aftershocks, cold rain and snow in mosques, schools and even bus...
ANTAKYA, Turkey - Searchers were still pulling survivors Wednesday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed. For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake, thousands of searchers have worked in freezing...
