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WHO chief 'heartbroken' by visit to quake-hit Syria, says more funds needed

Available funding and new border crossings were still not enough to help quake-hit citizens in Syria's battered northwest, the head of the WHO said on Wednesday, adding he was "disturbed and heartbroken" by a visit to the rebel-held region.

Reuters

Top Lebanese intel chief, mediator with Syria steps down

A Lebanese intelligence chief who has mediated the release of Westerners held in Syria and also acted as a mediator within Lebanon has stepped down after attempts to extend his term failed

The Independent UK

Bristol Youth Empowerment raise over £6,000 for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria

The volunteers are all in their late teens and early 20s but dedicate their free time to good causes

Bristol Post

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Earthquake Death Toll in Türkiye Rises above 45,000

The death toll in Türkiye from last month's devastating earthquake has risen to 45,089, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Wednesday, bringing the total toll including Syria to about 51,000. The earthquake and subsequent powerful tremors injured more than 108,000 in Türkiye and left millions sheltering in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Calls for 'Coordinated Process' to Resolve Syrian Crisis

The United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, called for building on the Arab and international response to recover from the earthquakes that recently struck Türkiye and Syria. Pedersen said the earthquakes caused "unspeakable suffering for millions of people" to carry out a coordinated process to meet the challenges…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Geagea to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Will Thwart Quorum to Prevent Election of Hezbollah Candidate

Head of the Lebanese Forces Samir Geagea believes that there are currently so solutions that can resolve the presidential vacuum in Lebanon. “We have grown accustomed to tactics used by Hezbollah in previous presidential elections,” he told Asharq Al-Awsat. He explained that the party will allow the situation to reach…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US House of Representatives Slams Assad for Exploiting Earthquake Disaster

The US House of Representatives approved a draft resolution condemning the efforts of the Assad regime in Syria to "cynically exploit the disaster to evade international pressure and accountability, including by preventing the UN "from providing assistance through multiple border crossings between Türkiye and Syria." The measure was approved in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lavrov, Pedersen Discuss Mobilizing International Aid for Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen held a meeting in Moscow on Monday and discussed mobilizing international humanitarian assistance for Syria to over the repercussions of the earthquake, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "The parties held a thorough exchange…

Asharq Al-Awsat

LA County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County took the first step Tuesday toward a mandatory earthquake retrofit order for the types of concrete buildings that collapsed catastrophically in the devastating earthquakes that shook Turkey and Syria, causing many of the 50,000 deaths tallied so far.

Los Angeles Times

ISIS 'Beatle' Alexanda Kotey back behind bars months after going missing from jail

The 39-year-old was taken from his cell in Pennsylvania, US, in November as part of a cooperation deal with the CIA, the Mirror understands

Daily Mirror

UN says at least 50,000 killed in Turkey and Syria quakes

The devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have killed at least 50,000 people with many more injured, tens of thousands still missing and hundreds of thousands homeless

The Independent UK

Cholera outbreak in quake-hit northwestern Syria kills two people

Two people have died and 568 non-fatal cases have been reported in the earthquake-hit areas of northwestern Syria.

Al Jazeera

Two People Died of Cholera in Northwest Syria Post-quake

Two people have died of cholera in Syria's opposition-held northwest in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that hit the area, a source from the rescue force that operates there told Reuters on Tuesday. The earthquake left more than 4,000 people dead in the opposition-controlled zone near the Turkish border…

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO's Tedros Pledges Support after First Visit to Türkiye's Quake Zone

The World Health Organization (WHO) will support Ankara in its response to massive earthquakes that killed more than 50,000, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday, as the death toll from the latest aftershock rose to two. The massive earthquakes that struck Türkiye's southeast and neighboring Syria in the last…

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The Conversation

Shamima Begum case shows how little power courts have to check government national security decisions

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), a court that specialises in national security cases, has upheld the home secretary’s decision to cancel Shamima Begum’s citizenship. The 23-year-old was deprived of her citizenship in 2019, four years after leaving the UK aged 15 to join Islamic State in Syria.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene votes against resolution mourning loss of life in Turkey-Syria earthquake

House resolution approved by bipartisan vote of 412-2 on Monday

Asharq Al-Awsat

Around 40,000 Syrians Return from Türkiye after Quake

Around 40,000 Syrians who had fled areas affected by the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake have returned from Türkiye to opposition-held northwestern Syria in the two weeks since Türkiye eased restrictions on their movements, a Turkish official and a Syrian rebel official said. The immigration was recorded at four border crossings…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: US shouldn’t let Bashar Assad leverage earthquake relief for his personal gain

For the past decade, Syrian kleptocrat and dictator Bashar Assad has seen himself ostracized by much of the world. In areas controlled by his regime, he used torture to sow terror in the hearts of the Syrian people through the Mukhabarat, a network of intelligence services. In opposition-held areas, he…

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Russia Seeks to Accelerate Syria-Türkiye Normalization

Russia aims to normalize relations between Syria and Türkiye in light of the regional and global solidarity both countries received following the devastating earthquakes earlier this month. Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov recently announced that Moscow is arranging a meeting that brings together the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Türkiye,…

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene votes against resolution mourning loss of life in Syria and Turkey earthquake

House resolution approved by bipartisan vote of 412-2 on Monday

Al Jazeera

Syrian family recounts spending 40 hours under earthquake rubble

The al-Sayed family’s dramatic rescue from under their apartment building was captured in footage that went viral.

The Guardian - UK

Shamima Begum should be allowed to return to UK – terrorism adviser

Government terrorism laws reviewer Jonathan Hall KC joins growing number of voices opposing exclusion

Reuters

Turks protest over government's quake response in stadiums, on streets

Cries of "government resign" rang out from Turkish football stadiums at the weekend as fans criticised the government's response to this month's earthquakes that have killed more than 50,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

The Conversation

Disaster survivors need help remaining connected with friends and families – and access to mental health care

The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.

Evening Standard

Turkey hit by fresh earthquake causing more buildings to collapse three weeks after catastrophic tremor

It comes after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6 killed more than 48,000 people in Turkey and Syria

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