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Blinken, Turkish counterpart discussed U.S. assistance after earthquakes

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday, their second call in four days, to discuss how the United States can assist Turkey and Syria following devastating earthquakes this week, the State Department said.

Reuters

Australians describe devastating aftermath of deadly Türkiye, Syria earthquake

Ahmet Kurtul says his family had to rush into the street when the first earthquake hit on Monday and was evacuated to a nearby military base, as Australians in the country come to terms with the scale of the disaster.

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Daniel Craig appeals for donations to help earthquake victims

The actor will star in TV adverts telling the public they ‘can and must’ help people in Syria and Turkey.

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Shielded from war, Syria town emptied out by earthquake and floods

Shielded from 12 years of civil war, the small northwest Syrian town of Al-Tloul near the Turkish border has been devastated by Monday's huge earthquake and ensuing flooding that has pushed out nearly all of its inhabitants, residents said.

Reuters

Welsh Government commits six-figure sum to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria

'This is a deeply sad and devastating event... this financial support will go towards ensuring the urgent aid that people need to survive can be provided.'

Wales Online

Syria orphans from quake taken in by overwhelmed relatives

This week's earthquake that devastated parts of southeastern Turkey and northern Syria has left unknown numbers of orphans

The Independent UK

Donate to our Turkey and Syria earthquake appeal

We are asking readers to give generously to support the urgent relief effort as death toll reaches 41,000

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Ten deadliest quakes of the 21st century

PARIS - The massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 is one of the 10 deadliest of the 21st century.

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Turkey-Syria earthquake: the risk of aftershocks and what can be done to protect rescuers

As the first United Nations aid convoy made it across the Turkish border into Syria, the regional death toll from the earthquakes four days earlier climbed steadily past 19,000. And it looks set to rise higher still. Quite a lot of these will be new deaths, caused by aftershocks and…

The Conversation

William and Kate ‘horrified’ by Turkey and Syria quake devastation as they back UK appeal

Royals make personal donation to appeal as British aid worker says he has never seen ‘this level of suffering, death and destruction’

Evening Standard

Expats, aid workers and celebrities urge quake donations ‘for sake of humanity’

The death toll from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 19,000.

The Independent UK

UK aid worker helping earthquake relief effort ‘never seen such destruction’

Atiqur Rahman has urged people to donate something ‘for the sake of humanity’.

The Independent UK

WHO warns Turkey and Syria quake survivors face "secondary disaster"

Freezing winter weather conditions and the scale of the destruction have hampered ongoing rescue efforts.

Axios

Türkiye-Syria Earthquake Toll Passes 19,000

Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 19,000 on Thursday. The rescue of a two-year-old boy after 79 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in Hatay,…

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Tamer Hassan speaking about the earthquakes in Turkey

British-Turkish actor Tamer Hassan has revealed members of his family are lost in the rubble of the earthquakes that have killed more than 17,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

Evening Standard

This Valentine’s day, Choose Love to support those effected by the earthquake

The Waeve, The Big Pink and Gia Ford will perform to raise funds for those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria

Reuters

In Syria, a child is saved but loses his family

Rescuers working by torchlight pulled three-year-old Tariq Haidar from the rubble some 42 hours after a devastating earthquake destroyed his family home in the Syrian town of Jandaris. His family couldn't be saved.

France 24

‘It’s heartbreaking’: In Syria’s rebel zones, volunteers dig mass graves for quake victims

As rescue workers continued to search for survivors of the earthquake that happened on February 6, residents of Syria’s northwestern opposition-controlled territories were forced to start digging mass graves to bury victims. In this virtually cut-off region, morgues have become overcrowded and equipment is hard to come by.

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Two Aussies still missing after Turkey earthquake

One Australian has been found safe in Turkey after a devastating earthquake but two nationals remain unaccounted for.

Reuters

Quake forces Syrian family from Aleppo home after surviving war

Masoud Douba did not abandon his home over years of bombardment in the Bustan al-Basha district on the frontline of Syria's Aleppo but Monday's earthquake forced his family to evacuate and they have no idea when, or if, they will be allowed to return.

Reuters

Syria's quake death toll in govt-held areas reaches 1,347 - state media

At least 1,347 people have been killed in Syria and 2,295 others injured from deadly earthquakes that rocked the country and Turkey this week, state media reported on Thursday, citing Syria's health minister.

Manchester Evening News

Man City captain Ilkay Gundogan makes heartfelt pledge to Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims

The region has been devastated after an earthquake hit on Monday morning and Man City man Gundogan has done his part in helping

Reuters

Two-year old rescued from rubble 79 hours after earthquake in Turkey

A two-year old boy was rescued on Thursday from the rubble of a building that collapsed in the southern city of Antakya, 79 hours after a massive earthquake struck the area this week, killing more than 19,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

Daily Record

Stirling man's agony as search goes on in bid to find 70 relatives lost in rubble after Turkish earthquake

Ekram Ozturk, who lives with his wife and sons in Buchlyvie, Stirling, has been left worrying as dozens of members of his family remain unaccounted for following the massive earthquake which rocked Turkey and Syria this week.

Daily Mirror

Turkey earthquake wipes out sheep as farmer tries to rescue animals from rubble

In a video shared with the Mirror, farmer Kamil Yavuz is seen walking around his now devastated farm in Harunusagi village, in the Malatya region of Turkey where over 100 sheep died

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