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Earthquake Death Toll in Türkiye Rises above 45,000

The death toll in Türkiye from last month's devastating earthquake has risen to 45,089, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Wednesday, bringing the total toll including Syria to about 51,000. The earthquake and subsequent powerful tremors injured more than 108,000 in Türkiye and left millions sheltering in…

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UN Calls for 'Coordinated Process' to Resolve Syrian Crisis

The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, called for building on the Arab and international response to recover from the earthquakes that recently struck Türkiye and Syria. Pedersen said the earthquakes caused "unspeakable suffering for millions of people" to carry out a coordinated process to meet the challenges…

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US House of Representatives Slams Assad for Exploiting Earthquake Disaster

The US House of Representatives approved a draft resolution condemning the efforts of the Assad regime in Syria to "cynically exploit the disaster to evade international pressure and accountability, including by preventing the UN "from providing assistance through multiple border crossings between Türkiye and Syria." The measure was approved in…

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Türkiye's Economy Grew 5.6% in 2022

Türkiye's economy expanded 5.6% in 2022, official data showed on Tuesday but growth was expected to slow significantly to 2.8% in 2023 after earthquakes this month caused widespread destruction in the south of the country. The economy had started cooling in the second half of 2022 with a decline in…

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WHO's Tedros Pledges Support after First Visit to Türkiye's Quake Zone

The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two. The massive earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southeast and neighboring Syria in the last…

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Türkiye's Quakes Revive Concern for Northwestern Industrial Hub

Earthquakes in southeastern Türkiye that destroyed cities and killed 44,000 people have prompted authorities to look again at how the quake-prone nation might cope with a similar tremor in Türkiye's densely populated, northwestern industrial heartland. Istanbul, Türkiye's biggest city with a population of 16 million and the country's commercial engine,…

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Ukraine Urges UN and Türkiye to Start Talks to Extend Grain Deal

Ukraine has sent an appeal to the UN and Türkiye to start negotiations on extending a grain export deal, but there has been no response, a Ukrainian government source said on Tuesday. Yuriy Vaskov, Ukraine's deputy minister of restoration, told Reuters last week that Kyiv would ask all sides to…

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Türkiye’s Trade Deficit Rises, Confidence Index Declines

Türkiye’s trade deficit continued to rise in January while the economic confidence index witnessed a sharp decline. Türkiye’s foreign trade deficit widened 38.4 percent year-on-year to $14.237 billion in January, official data showed on Monday, with imports surging 20.7 percent and exports up 10.3 percent. The Turkish Statistical Institute said…

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Around 40,000 Syrians Return from Türkiye after Quake

Around 40,000 Syrians who had fled areas affected by the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake have returned from Türkiye to opposition-held northwestern Syria in the two weeks since Türkiye eased restrictions on their movements, a Turkish official and a Syrian rebel official said. The immigration was recorded at four border crossings…

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Russia Seeks to Accelerate Syria-Türkiye Normalization

Russia aims to normalize relations between Syria and Türkiye in light of the regional and global solidarity both countries received following the devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov recently announced that Moscow is arranging a meeting that brings together the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Türkiye,…

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World Bank: Feb. 6 Quakes Caused $34.2 Bln in Damage in Türkiye

The two major earthquakes which hit Türkiye on Feb.

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New Quake Hits Türkiye, Toppling More Buildings: 1 Killed

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Türkiye on Monday — three weeks after a catastrophic temblor devastated the region — causing some already damaged buildings to collapse and killing at least one person, the country's disaster management agency, AFAD, said. Another 69 people were injured as a result of the…

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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.

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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…

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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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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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Iraq: Levels of Tigris and Euphrates Plunge in South

Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers have witnessed a sharp decrease in their levels in the south of the country, officials said Sunday, pledging to take urgent measures to ease water shortages. In Nasiriyah, capital of the southern province of Dhi Qar, an AFP photographer saw the river bed of the…

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Dozens Dead as Migrant Boat Breaks Apart Off Italy

At least 58 migrants died when their wooden boat smashed into rocky reefs and broke apart off southern Italy before dawn Sunday, the Italian coast guard and UN agencies said. Survivors indicated that dozens more could be missing from the boat that had set out from Türkiye. The Italian Coast…

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Türkiye Widens Probe into Building Collapses as Quake Toll Exceeds 50,000

Türkiye has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday, as anger simmers over what many see as corrupt building practices. Overnight, the death toll from the earthquakes, the most powerful of which struck…

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Schools Reopen as Syrians Live with Quake’s Devastation

Schools resumed classes in Syria’s opposition-held northwest Saturday after closing for nearly three weeks following an earthquake that devastated the region, local officials said, even as many schoolchildren suffer from shock. Many schools were turned into temporary shelters following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Türkiye and neighboring parts of…

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Magnitude 5.5 Quake Strikes Central Türkiye Region

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Central Türkiye on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km, EMSC said. The combined death toll in Türkiye and Syria from a devastating earthquake earlier this month surpassed 50,000. The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) announced…

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Ilham Ahmed to Asharq Al-Awsat: Giving Legitimacy to Syrian Regime Will Not Yield Political Solution

Head of the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) Ilham Ahmed said cooperating with the Damascus regime “unconditionally” will only grant it some form of legitimacy and will not lead to a political solution to the Syrian conflict. Her remarks reflect the SDC’s opposition to Arab and regional efforts to normalize ties…

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Türkiye and Syria earthquake death toll passes 50,000, as 18,000 war refugees return to Syria

Many Syrians who went to Türkiye — which is home to more than three-and-a-half million refugees — to escape the civil war, say the earthquakes were even more frightening than the conflict.

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Türkiye Starts Work to Build Homes in 2 Earthquake-Hit Towns

Turkish authorities on Friday said preliminary work has started to build housing for people left homeless by the massive earthquake that hit parts of the country and neighboring Syria, killing tens of thousands. Murat Kurum, the minister for the environment, urbanization and climate change, said on Twitter that excavations were…

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Türkiye Says Istanbul Bomb Suspect Killed in Syria Operation

Turkish forces have killed the alleged mastermind behind a deadly Istanbul street bombing in an operation in northern Syria, Türkiye’s state-run news agency reported. The man, identified as Halil Menci, was “neutralized” in an operation by Turkish intelligence agents, The Associated Press quoted the agency as saying. It did not…

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