Middle East

Aid groups are having difficulty help areas under the control of the regime in Syrian

5:06pm February 08, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Getting help to areas of Syria devastated by this week's earthquake is means navigating around a government that is still at war with some of its own people.

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Robert Blanchard, the World Health Organization's team leader in Dubai for emergency operations, stands in one of the organization's warehouses in International Humanitarian City.

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A look at the impact of delivering aid to Turkey and Syria through Dubai's global hub

3:26pm February 08, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

A 1.5 million square-ft. zone of Dubai known as International Humanitarian City is the world's largest aid hub, with warehouses for U.N. agencies, Red Cross and Red Crescent organizations and others.

A girl stands next to destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey on Wednesday.

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Search teams race to find quake survivors as the death toll climbs past 11,000

9:53am February 08, 2023

Rescue workers in Turkey and Syria pushed into a third day of recovery operations on Wednesday as the death toll from this week's massive earthquake reached a grim milestone.

Morning news brief

6:41am February 08, 2023

Takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union speech. Rescue efforts continue in Turkey and Syria following Monday's massive earthquake. And, LeBron James breaks the NBA career scoring record.

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Turkey and Syria face multiple challenges as they try to rescue quake survivors

5:09am February 08, 2023

The death toll continues to climb in Turkey and Syria after Monday's catastrophic earthquake. Rescue teams have worked around the clock, against freezing temperatures, trying to find survivors.

Search and rescue operations in Antakya, Turkey, are incredibly dangerous

5:09am February 08, 2023

by Ruth Sherlock

One of the worst hit parts of the earthquake zone, is the southern Turkish city of Antakya. Building after building is flattened, and one of the city's hospitals is on its side.

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Expert is 'angry' at pace of government response in Turkey

6:13pm February 07, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Gonul Tol, director of the Turkey program at the Middle East Institute, about conditions on the ground in the Hatay province in southeastern Turkey.

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An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023.

Health & Safety

How to make sure your donation will do the most good for earthquake survivors

6:13pm February 07, 2023

by Diane Cole

In the wake of the disaster, people around the world want to help. Here's advice from experts on how to select a charity.

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Earthquake creates additional crises for Syrians amid civil war

5:51pm February 07, 2023

Social media posts are offering a glimpse of the aftermath of deadly earthquake that hit Syria.

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Men search for people among the debris in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday.

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Earthquake death toll tops 7,200 in Turkey and Syria as race for survivors continues

5:30pm February 07, 2023

Rescue workers fanned across Turkey and Syria Tuesday in a second day of desperate searches to find survivors from the massive earthquake and aftershocks that had the death toll climbing by the hour.

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