Friday, March 31, 2023

Syria

US launches airstrikes in Syria after drone kills US worker

A strike on Thursday by a suspected Iranian-made drone killed a US contractor and wounded five American troops and another contractor in northeast Syria, the Pentagon said.American forces said they retaliated soon after with “precision airstrikes” in Syria targeting...

A month after powerful quake, survivors need shelter, sanitation

One month after a powerful quake devastated parts of Turkiye and Syria, hundreds of thousands of people still need shelter and sanitation, and an appeal for USD 1 billion to assist survivors is only 10 per cent funded, hampering...

Blinken pledges USD 100M to quake hit Turkiye

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb 6 earthquake in southern Turkiye and northern Syria and pledged a further USD 100 million in aid to help...

Death toll from Islamic State attack in Syria at least 53

The death toll from an attack by the Islamic State group against an army checkpoint and people collecting truffles in central Syria has risen to at least 53, most of them civilians, state media and an opposition war monitor...

Turkiye earthquake survivors face despair, as rescues wane

Thousands left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck Turkiye and Syria a week ago packed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets for hot meals on Monday, while the desperate search for anyone still alive likely...

5 days in, survivors still found in quake-hit Turkey, Syria

Rescue teams in Turkey on Saturday pulled to safety a family of five who survived inside their collapsed home for five days following a major earthquake in a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria. The death toll, however,...

Earthquake death toll in Turkey, Syria crosses 20,000

Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday, three days after the temblor hit Turkey and Syria and killed more...

In quake-hit Turkiye, Syria; many victims, too little time

Thinly-stretched rescue teams worked through the night into Wednesday, pulling more bodies from the rubble of thousands of buildings downed in Turkiye and Syria by a catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 8,000, their grim task occasionally punctuated by...

Quake death toll over 7,200 as Turkiye, Syria search for survivors

Search teams and international aid poured into Turkiye and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake. The death toll soared...

Powerful quake in Turkey, Syria kills over 2.5k

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighbouring Syria on Monday, killing more than 2,500 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble.Authorities feared the...