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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

The Guardian - UK

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.

Bangkok Post

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

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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…

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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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

Türkiye Won’t Allow New Syrian Refugee Influx after Quake, Says Minister

Türkiye will not allow a new influx of refugees from Syria after last week's devastating earthquake, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday. "Claims that there is a new influx of refugees from Syria to Türkiye (after the earthquake) are not true. We will not allow that; it is out…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria’s Health Workers Hit by Double Tragedy after Quake

While his wife and two daughters lay under the rubble after Syria's earthquake, Abdelbaset Khalil tended to hundreds of patients who flooded into his hospital. Khalil, a nurse anaesthetist, was already at work when the 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Türkiye and Syria last week, flattening entire neighborhoods and leaving a combined…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian hackers ‘disrupt Turkey-Syria earthquake aid’ in cyber attack on Nato

The Killnet group reportedly claimed responsibility

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Daily Record

West Lothian steps up to help earthquake victims

Over 500 bags of clothing and bedding will soon be on the way to Turkey and Syria

Reuters

Earthquake fans anti-Syrian sentiment in Turkey amid desperate conditions

The devastating earthquake to hit Turkey and Syria has fanned resentment among some Turks towards the millions of Syrian refugees in the country who are being blamed anecdotally by some for looting amid the destruction and chaos.

Al Jazeera

‘Digging with my bare hands’: A White Helmet’s Syria quake story

A volunteer from Syria’s White Helmets group recounts her experience in search and rescue operations after quake struck.

Liverpool Echo

Man heard screams before line went dead as friend called from Syria earthquake zone

Man who fled Syria due to war in 2013 is raising funds to help relief efforts following the earthquake in Syria and Turkey

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Turkey won't allow new Syrian refugee influx after quake -minister

Turkey will not allow a new influx of refugees from Syria after last week's devastating earthquake, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday.

Reuters

Turkish, Syrian quake victims need papers to come to Germany - foreign ministry

With its large Turkish and Syrian communities, Germany offers the prospect of shelter and care to earthquake victims with relatives in the country - but only if they can fulfil existing visa requirements, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian rebel leader pleads for outside help a week on from earthquakes

Former al-Nusra Front chief keen to show scale of crisis in Idlib province and play down past links to al-Qaida

Evening Standard

Rural Turkey struggles with consequences of quake

Residents of rural areas in south-eastern Turkey have been struggling to overcome the consequences of the 7.8 magnitude deadly earthquake which hit Syria and Turkey a week ago.Polat, a village located approximately 100 kilometres from the quake epicentre, has almost been entirely ruined.Unlike bigger towns, government help came to Polat…

The Guardian - UK

Turkey finds a few more earthquake survivors as further rescue hopes fade

Turkish rescue efforts wind down amid grief and anger while UN calls for aid access to north-west Syria

Al Jazeera

NW Syria’s stricken residents come together to feed rescue teams

People in quake-stricken areas are doing their best to help the rescuers working day and night to help them.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ten Deadliest Quakes of the 21st Century

The massive earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6 is the fifth-deadliest this century. Here is a list of the 10 worst quakes since 2000, ranked by death toll: 2004: 230,000 dead, southeast Asia On December 26, a massive 9.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Sumatra, triggering…

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