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Amid rows of bodies, Turks check for relatives one by one after earthquake

Turks stepped over hundreds of bodies in stadiums and parking lots on Wednesday, carefully lifting blankets from their faces to try to identify dead relatives after a once-in-a-generation earthquake devastated the region.

Reuters

Hope, heartbreak as children pulled from rubble in Turkey, Syria

Millions of children and their families have been impacted by the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake.

Al Jazeera

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: NGO calls for 'wider access to reach those most in need'

As the desperate search for survivors continues after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, the WHO warns that up to 23 million people could be affected across the region. Our Perspective guest is Louise Bichet, Middle East Manager at Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World), which has been…

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How you can donate to the Turkey earthquake appeal

Rescuers warn time is running out to find survivors amid freezing cold conditions

The Independent UK

Under 'Operation Dost', India Sends Humanitarian Assistance To Turkey, Syria

India is providing materials, supplies, medical supplies, and equipment, to Syria as well as sending search and rescue teams to Turkey under 'Operation Dost', said External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Syrian Families Left Homeless in Earthquake Aftermath

While civil rescuers in Syria continue their response missions to save those trapped under the rubble caused by Monday’s devastating earthquake, thousands are being forced to sleep in the open without shelter. These thousands had survived the quake by hurdling to the streets moments before their homes collapsed. “We no…

Asharq Al-Awsat

British Turkey earthquake survivor shares frantic escape and horror of those 'left behind'

Timothy Whiting, from Yorkshire, has lived in the wider region for the past five years and was visiting Antakya, in Turkey's south, when the twin earthquakes hit

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Families in Australia nervously wait for news of missing loved ones trapped beneath rubble in Türkiye and Syria

As rescuers search for survivors trapped under toppled buildings in Türkiye and Syria following the magnitude-7.8 earthquake, families in Australia are anxiously waiting to hear news that loved ones are alive.

ABC News

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: International aid guided by geopolitics

We bring you a special programme on one of the worst natural disasters to hit the Middle East in decades. Thousands have been killed after two massive earthquakes struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday. Relief efforts are still underway, with a host of nations sending aid, but time…

France 24

French rescue workers join search for survivors in quake-stricken Turkey

International aid teams have rushed to Turkey in the wake of the devastating twin earthquakes that flattened towns and cities in the country’s south as well as in neighbouring Syria. In the Turkish city of Osmaniye, a team of French rescue workers spent the night digging through the rubble in…

France 24

As Quake Death Toll Rises, Arab Leaders Offer Condolences to Syria’s Assad

The death toll from Monday’s devastating earthquakes climbed to 812 in the Syrian governorates of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama, Idlib Countryside and Tartous, according to the Syrian Health Ministry. At least 1,449 people have also been injured in the quake. Figures released by the ministry are not final as they don’t…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Watch live: Aerial views show damage in Turkey as earthquake search enters third day

Watch live aerial footage from Turkey that shows the scale of the devastation caused by massive earthquakes and aftershocks which shook the region on Monday (6 February).

The Independent UK

Race against time for rescuers in Turkey, Syria as quake toll tops 11,200

Rescuers worked through the night into Wednesday to reach survivors trapped in the rubble of Monday's devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria as the death toll surged past 11,200. French emergency crews were among the international aid teams that have rushed to the region.

Radio France Internationale

Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000

Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Hope Fading as Deaths in Türkiye, Syria Quake Pass 11,000

With hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Türkiye and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by the world’s deadliest quake in more than a decade. The confirmed death toll passed 11,000. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the…

Reuters

Earthquake death toll in Syria surpasses 2,500

The death toll in Syria from a devastating earthquake has surpassed 2,500, according to Syrian state media and a rescue service operating in the insurgent-held northwest.

Reuters

Taliban administration to send earthquake aid to Turkey, Syria

Afghanistan's Taliban administration will send around $165,000 in aid to Turkey and Syria to help the response to a devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck this week, according to a foreign ministry statement.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australians missing after earthquake; church might drop ‘he’ for God; and polluting hybrids

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Hope for survivors dwindles as death toll from Turkey-Syria quake exceeds 15,000

Rescuers continued to search the wreckage for survivors trapped in the rubble left by devastating earthquakes before they succumb to cold weather in southern Turkey and war-ravaged northern Syria. As the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria climbed to more than 12,000 on Wednesday, despair and anger were growing…

Wales Online

Earthquake death toll passes 7,700 as search teams and emergency aid arrive

Rescuers work in freezing temperatures to find survivors in Turkey and Syria as World Health Organisation fears fatalities could hit 20,000

ABC News

Desperate son Gürkan searches for mother in rubble of Turkish earthquake

Gürkan is standing in front of an apartment block that collapsed when an earthquake hit southern Türkiye and northern Syria. His mother is trapped somewhere inside.

The Independent UK

Dramatic video captures moment entire family were pulled from rubble after Syria earthquake

Video showed the joy and jubilation of rescuers after an entire family was retrieved from the wreckage near the rebel-held city of Idlib

Reuters

The Turkish street that lies in ruins after the quake

Street no. 21 in Hatay, Turkey was, on Sunday, a happy home for dozens of families.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago groups rally for earthquake relief in Turkey, Syria; here’s how to donate

As the death toll rises above 5,000 in Turkey and Syria and rebuilding efforts begin, Chicago residents can contribute to fundraisers, donation drives and medical supply collection.

Daily Mirror

Baby born in rubble of Syria earthquake brings gift of life amid death and destruction

The baby girl was born under the rubble as the number of those who died shot past 7,200 an international rescue effort was underway to try to save hundreds of people still buried

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