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Turkey quake revives trauma of war for Syrian refugees made homeless again

Syrian refugee children in southern Turkey have never known a time without war in their home country. Last week’s devastating double earthquake has now struck their home away from home – shattering their safe haven in just one night. FRANCE 24’s reporters met Syrian refugees made homeless once more, this…

France 24

Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey after earthquake death toll surpasses 37,000

Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey as the death toll from devastating earthquakes across Turkey and Syria passes 37,000.

The Independent UK

Seven Pulled from Türkiye’s Rubble, Millions Need Humanitarian Aid

Seven survivors were rescued from the rubble in Türkiye on Tuesday, more than a week after a devastating earthquake, as the focus of the aid effort shifted to helping people now struggling without shelter or enough food in the bitter cold. The disaster, with a combined death toll in Türkiye…

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Amid quake's devastation, parallel rescue bid targets pets

Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors emerged from the rubble

The Independent UK

First Saudi aid plane lands in Syria’s govt-held areas - state media

A Saudi aid plane landed at a Syrian airport held by the government of President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday in the first such shipment from the kingdom that has backed the armed opposition to Assad during the country's 11-year civil war.

Reuters

Rescuers find more alive in Turkey on 8th day of quake

Rescuers on Tuesday were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the powerful and devastating quake that hit Turkey and Syria last Monday

The Independent UK

For Syrian women, quake adds disaster on top of war's pain

Syrian women have shouldered the responsibility of keeping families together during a dozen years of civil war — and now, in the devastating aftermath of an earthquake

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Quake aid flows into Gaziantep airport as urgency shifts to humanitarian relief

Hopes of finding more survivors have all but faded more than a week after the double earthquake that devastated southern Turkey and neighbouring Syria, with the focus now shifting to providing shelter, food and medical assistance to survivors. Every day, aid pours into quake-stricken Turkey from around the world. One…

France 24

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The Independent UK

Syrian rescue group criticises UN over Assad say on aid deliveries

The head of a Syrian opposition-run rescue group on Tuesday denounced a U.N. decision to give Syrian President Bashar al Assad authorisation over aid deliveries through border crossings with Turkey, saying it gave him "free political gain".

Reuters

Afternoon Update: NZ minister condemns climate inaction amid cyclone destruction; interest rates tipped to hit 4.1%; and AI love letters

James Shaw gives furious speech to parliament, linking cyclone to climate change

The Guardian - AU

First UN aid convoy crosses into rebel-held territory in Syria

A UN convoy comprised of 11 trucks entered rebel-held territory in northwest Syria from Turkey via the newly-opened Bab al-Salam crossing on Tuesday. More than 50 other trucks of UN humanitarian aid have already been sent through another crossing at Bab al-Hawa. The UN said on Monday that President Bashar…

France 24

Satellite images show mass graves being assembled for victims of earthquakes in Turkey

Death toll in last week’s devastating earthquakes and aftershocks crosses 36,000

The Independent UK

Russia says more than 300 troops helping Syria recover from earthquake

More than 300 Russian servicemen and 60 units of special military equipment are helping Syria in its response to a devastating earthquake that struck more than a week ago, Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Syria’s Assad agrees to open two more entry points for aid to earthquake victims

UN announces regime leader’s acceptance of border crossing points for humanitarian aid to reach rebel-held province

Bangkok Post

Turkish earthquake unlikely to affect outbound market

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria has not affected outbound tours as the incident took place in an area that does not include major tourism destinations, and the market was already sluggish due to political unrest.

Daily Mirror

Capital FM DJ issues grovelling apology after backlash for sick Turkey earthquake joke

Capital FM radio DJ Ant Payne has apologised after bring heavily criticised on social media after he appeared on the radio station and encouraged listeners to make the most of cheap flights to Turkey

The Independent UK

UN says Syria agrees to open 2 new crossings for quake aid

The United Nations says Syria’s president has agreed to open two new crossing points from Turkey to the country’s rebel-held northwest to deliver desperately needed aid and equipment fon millions of earthquake victims

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UN chief says Syria's Assad agrees to expand UN aid access from Turkey

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to allow UN aid deliveries to opposition-held northwest Syria through two additional border crossings from Turkey for three months, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.

Al Jazeera

Rescue phase ‘comes to a close’ in Turkey-Syria quake disaster

Stories of miraculous rescues flooded the airwaves in recent days, but tens of thousands of dead have also been found.

The Conversation

Turkey and Syria earthquake: Long-term funding is needed to support search-and-rescue after major disasters

The strong and disastrous earthquake that shook southern Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6 drew attention to search-and-rescue (SAR) operations. The media’s attention raised familiar questions around SAR, including who conducts SAR, what formal and informal SAR teams are available, and how long trapped people are able to survive before…

The Guardian - UK

Grief and desperation in Idlib as earthquake compounds crises

North-west Syrian province was a place of last resort for people fleeing war – then came Covid, cholera and new catastrophe

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on earthquake aid for northern Syria: the UN must step up

Editorial: A way must be found to open up cross-border routes from Turkey and deliver help to a forgotten region

The Independent UK

Twitter's plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the platform for calls for help — including people posting their location inside collapsed buildings — and connect people with rescue organizations to help them

The Independent UK

Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health

The baby girl born under the rubble of her family's home in northern Syria in the aftermath of last week’s devastating earthquake is in good health and being breast-fed by the wife of the director of the hospital where she is being cared for, her doctor says

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