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The Latest Breaking News from Syria

Syrian family recounts spending 40 hours under earthquake rubble

The al-Sayed family’s dramatic rescue from under their apartment building was captured in footage that went viral.

Al Jazeera

Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to UK – terrorism adviser

Government terrorism laws reviewer Jonathan Hall KC joins growing number of voices opposing exclusion

The Guardian - UK

Turks protest over government's quake response in stadiums, on streets

Cries of "government resign" rang out from Turkish football stadiums at the weekend as fans criticised the government's response to this month's earthquakes that have killed more than 50,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

Reuters

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Disaster survivors need help remaining connected with friends and families – and access to mental health care

The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.

The Conversation

Turkey hit by fresh earthquake causing more buildings to collapse three weeks after catastrophic tremor

It comes after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6 killed more than 48,000 people in Turkey and Syria

Evening Standard

Shamima Begum should be allowed home, says terror watchdog

British women who join the Islamic State should be allowed home, Jonathan Hall KC says

Evening Standard

Egypt foreign minister visits Syria for first time since 2011

Sameh Shoukry also visited Turkey, both visits signalling warming ties between the countries.

Al Jazeera

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Egypt's top diplomat in Damascus, meets with Syria's Assad

Egypt’s foreign minister has met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus and promised to deliver more aid to the quake-hit country

The Independent UK

Israel Reveals Secret Iranian Gold Smuggling Trade to Finance Hezbollah

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant recently issued an order to uncover a gold smuggling operation between Iran and Venezuela that is funding Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror activity, bypassing sanctions. In a signed document, the Minister revealed that dozens of kilograms of gold were smuggled on an Iranian Mahan Air flight, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Admiral providing financial support to earthquake hit Turkey and Syria

Wales' only FTSE 100 firm had made a donation through its global emergency fund

Birmingham Post

Two Aid Planes Arrive in Damascus as Part of European Aid Bridge

The European Commission announced Sunday the arrival of two planes with emergency aid in the Syrian capital Damascus as part of the humanitarian aid bridge to the regions impacted by the earthquake. “The planes delivered much-needed relief items such as winterized tents, shelter equipment, and heaters,” said the Commission.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Besiktas Fans Throw Toys on Field for Children Affected by Earthquake

Besiktas fans threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch during Sunday's match against Antalyaspor to donate to children impacted by the earthquake in Türkiye and neighboring Syria. The Turkish Super Lig game, which ended 0-0, was paused after 4 minutes and 17 seconds to allow fans to throw the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt's foreign minister visits Syria for first time since war

Egypt's foreign minister arrived in Damascus on Monday, the first visit by an Egyptian foreign minister to Syria since its civil war began in 2011 and another sign of warming ties between President Bashar al-Assad and Arab states that once shunned him.

Reuters

Egypt’s FM Expresses Solidarity with Syria after Quake, Visits Türkiye

Egypt's foreign minister met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Monday in the first visits to Syria and Türkiye by a top Egyptian diplomat in a decade. Assad has benefited from an outpouring of Arab support since devastating earthquakes hit his country and neighboring Türkiye…

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Soccer-Besiktas fans throw toys on field for children affected by earthquake

Besiktas fans threw thousands of stuffed toys onto the pitch during Sunday's match against Antalyaspor to donate to children impacted by the earthquake in Turkey and neighbouring Syria.

The Guardian - UK

‘He strangled me. I saw black’: the Syrian woman who fled war to find violence at home

An estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees live in Lebanon, nine out of 10 in extreme poverty. In such circumstances, female refugees are particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence. Here is one woman’s story

The Guardian - UK

Burned, suffocated, beaten: why women in Lebanon are dying at the hands of their partners

Amid economic crisis and a culture of ‘militarised masculinity’, domestic violence is on the rise in Lebanese households and the sizeable Syrian refugee community

ABC News

Turkish football fans shower pitch with toys for children affected by Türkiye-Syria earthquake

In a display of solidarity, fans of Turkish football club Beşiktaş throw toys onto the pitch at the 4:17 mark of the game — the exact time the first earthquake struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6.

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Greece fortifies border to block refugees from Turkish-Syrian earthquakes

Patrols dispatched to frontier as migration minister calls for fences and surveillance as well as aid to preempt migration

Al Jazeera

Children go back to school in NW Syria after devastating quakes

According to the ministry of education in Idlib governorate, about 250 schools in the region were damaged in the quakes.

Reuters

Syria's Assad meets senior Arab lawmakers in Damascus

A delegation of senior Arab parliamentarians met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Sunday, another sign of thawing ties after more than a decade of isolation over the conflict in Syria.

The Independent UK

Top Arab lawmakers in Syria for talks with President Assad

A delegation of senior Mideast lawmakers is in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad on bringing his country back into the fold of the Arab world

Asharq Al-Awsat

German Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: We Care About the Path of Reform in Saudi Arabia, Ready to Support it

The spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry in the Middle East and North Africa, Dennis Kumetat, stressed that Germany and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia share a “deep” partnership. “Berlin is following with interest the political and social reform processes initiated by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, which would…

Glasgow Live

Glasgow aid worker begs Old Firm fans to help him save lives in earthquake disaster zone

As thousands descend on Hampden today, Kenny Hamilton asks them to spare a thought and a few pounds to help with the relief effort in Turkey and Syria after the devastating earthquake.

Manchester Evening News

'My wife and baby son are sleeping on the streets in Turkey'

"My family is too scared to go back into their house, all the walls are cracked and crumbling”

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