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Powerful earthquake shakes west Afghanistan a week after devastating quakes hit same region

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck western Afghanistan, just over a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages

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Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises to 2,000: Taliban officials

Child rescued from underneath the rubble in Herat province as death toll from Afghanistan quake passes 2,000.

Al Jazeera

Death toll in Libya’s Derna flooding could reach 20,000: Mayor

Thousands remain missing after flooding from Storm Daniel wreaks havoc in the eastern city of Derna.

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Morocco declares three days of national mourning after deadly earthquake

Morocco on Saturday declared three days of national mourning after a deadly earthquake overnight. The death toll rose to 2,012 people early Sunday, a statement from the interior ministry said. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

France 24

Six months on from earthquakes, tent hospital treats patients in Syria

The hospital was established as an urgent response to the quake disaster and the region’s need for medical services.

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Aid group official warns that impasse at the UN on border crossing puts 4.1 million Syrians at risk

The head of a leading aid group says an impasse at the United Nations over a border crossing with Syria’s last rebel-held enclave is endangering 4.1 million Syrians living there

The Independent UK

Scot leading humanitarian response to Syria earthquake says it was worse than war zone

Erlend Linklater told how the killer 7.8 magnitude earthquake earlier this year did more damage in 80 seconds than cities flattened by months of military bombing.

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Aid officials say Syria conditions dire, months after quake

Aid officials say that three months after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria’s rebel-held northwest

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Aid Officials Say Syria Conditions Dire, Months after Quake

Three months after a massive earthquake hit Türkiye and Syria, living conditions remain dire in Syria's opposition-held northwest, aid officials who visited the region said Wednesday. The Feb. 6, earthquake killed more than 50,000 people, including over 6,000 in Syria, according to the United Nations, and displaced hundreds of thousands…

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Looking for the lost - families harrowing hunt for loved ones after Turkey earthquakes

Turkey suffered two twin earthquakes of 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude, in the early hours of February 6, and over two months later families are still looking for lost loved ones

Daily Mirror

Two months after Türkiye-Syria earthquakes, volunteer rescuers are pained by those they couldn't save

Turkish volunteer rescue worker Bayram Çini still has nightmares about those he couldn't save. But nothing has touched him more deeply than the seven-hour rescue of Kerem and his cat Strawberry.

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Miracle baby finally reunited with mother 54 days after Turkey earthquake

The mother was matched by a DNA test with the baby girl

Evening Standard

Mother and baby reunited in Turkey nearly two months after earthquake

A mother has been reunited with her baby in southern Turkey after a DNA test confirmed it was her daughter, almost two months after a devastating earthquake ripped through the region, the country's family ministry said.

Reuters

Storm Kills 4 People, Injures Several in War-torn Syria

A storm in central Syria on Wednesday collapsed building walls in two villages, killing four people, including two children, a pro-government radio station reported. The heavy winds forced Syrian authorities to close all ports on the Mediterranean Sea while in the war-torn country’s rebel-held northwest, dozens of tents collapsed in…

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SNHR: 10,024 Syrians Died in Feb. 6 Earthquake

The number of Syrians killed by the earthquake that struck Türkiye and Syria on February 6, has now reached 10,024, including 4,191 in non-regime areas, and 394 in regime-held areas, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) revealed in a report released Tuesday. The report also said the death toll…

Irish Mirror

Watch: Short documentary captures devastation of earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, and Irish response

The Irish government allocated an overall support package of €10 million in direct response to the emergency appeal to the organisations working on the ground in the affected regions in Syria and Türkiye

Asharq Al-Awsat

Donations and Despair: Syria’s Northwest Tries to Rebuild after Quake

Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the northwest Syrian city of Jandaris after they were reduced to rubble by last month's deadly earthquake, wiping out his life's work. "What can we do? We'll put up a tent instead. There is…

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Donations and despair: Syria's north-west tries to rebuild after quake

Hussein Mankawi has little hope he will ever rebuild his home and food distribution businesses in the north-west Syrian city of Jandaris after they were reduced to rubble by last month's deadly earthquake, wiping out his life's work.

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EU conference raises 7 billion euros for earthquake recovery in Turkey, Syria

The European Union on Monday announced donor pledges worth seven billion euros to help Turkey and Syria recover from last month's earthquake. Ankara estimates the bill for rebuilding at well over 10 times that figure.

Reuters

World Bank estimates Syria's three-year earthquake recovery needs at $7.9 billion

The World Bank on Monday said the February earthquakes are expected to have caused Syria's real GDP output to contract by 5.5% in 2023, with recovery and reconstruction needs estimated at $7.9 billion over three years.

Reuters

EU-led donors to provide 7 billion euros to help rebuild Turkey after earthquake

Donors at a European Union-led conference on Monday pledged 7 billion euros ($7.5 bln) to help to rebuild Turkey after last month's devastating earthquakes, while Ankara estimated the costs at more than ten times that.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Donors Pledge $7.5 Billion for Türkiye, Syria after Quake

The European Union and international donors on Monday pledged seven billion euros ($7.5 billion) to help Türkiye and Syria in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated parts of the neighboring countries last month. Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU’s executive arm, said 3.3 billion euros ($3.5…

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Flood Deaths in Türkiye’s Quake-stricken Area Rise to 16

Rescue teams on Thursday retrieved two more bodies after floods struck two Turkish provinces that were already devastated by last month’s powerful earthquake, raising the death toll in the new disaster to 16. Flash floods caused by torrential rains turned streets in the provinces of Adiyaman and Sanlifurfa into rivers…

The Independent UK

Flood deaths in Turkey's earthquake-stricken area rise to 16

Rescue teams have retrieved two more bodies after floods struck two Turkish provinces that were already devastated by last month’s powerful earthquake

The Guardian - UK

Nine out of 10 people in Syrian camps have been displaced multiple times

As conflict passes 12-year anniversary, stark new report reveals that 1.8 million people have been forced into refugee camps

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