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They are two countries struck by the same disaster – but could easily be different worlds. Only a single border crossing allows humanitarian access from Turkey into Syria – a … Continued
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CNN — Five days after a massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria the number of dead is staggering. Drone footage and satellite imagery have conveyed the stark reality of widespread destruction in an area that straddles two very different nations. The scale of the disaster is enormous. “We’ve done a bit of mapping …
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A ten-day-old baby and his mother have been rescued from rubble in Turkey, having survived for more than 90 hours. Rescuers crouched under concrete slabs to reach baby Yagiz, in … Continued
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The World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for more access to Syrian territories impacted by the deadly earthquake to replenish aid supplies that have been exhausted, with the organization’s executive director calling the situation in the northwest of the country “catastrophe on top of catastrophe.” “What stocks we have are being exhausted quickly, especially the …
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There are fears of a “secondary disaster” in Turkey and Syria as hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake victims are forced to live without shelter, water, fuel and electricity. The … Continued
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It was an image I saw fleetingly: A father, grey with sadness, holding the hand of his child who had been buried deep under rubble. There have been others like … Continued
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Twitter has been blocked in Turkey amid mounting anger over the response to the earthquake as President Yayyip Erdogan insisted it was “not possible” to prepare for a disaster of … Continued
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Syria’s government has ramped up its calls for the removal of economic US and EU sanctions in the aftermath of Monday’s earthquake. Relief groups working from government-controlled areas in Syria have pinned the lack of heavy machinery and medical equipment needed to remove rubble and treat the injured on the Western sanctions. The measures were …
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A series of dramatic photos show 8-year-old Yigit Cakmak being pulled from the rubble by emergency workers in Hatay, Turkey, 52 hours after the initial earthquake struck the region. Getty photographer Burak Kara captured the photos of Cakmak as he was freed from the collapsed building. The boy was passed over debris from rescuer to …
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Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN — For many of the Syrian victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, this is just the latest in a decade-long series of tragedies. The magnitude 7.8 quake struck in the early hours, killing more than 5,000 people in the two countries and leaving thousands more …
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