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Syria quake aid held up by 'approval issues' with hardline group, says UN

Earthquake aid from government-held parts of Syria into opposition-controlled territory has been held up by "approval issues" with one hardline group, a United Nations spokesperson said on Sunday.

Reuters

Miracle rescues as earthquake death toll passes 33,000 in Turkey and Syria

Rescuers have pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after the devastating earthquake. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has now exceded 33,000, with the UN warning that the final number could rise by "double or more". Also on Sunday, a new UN convoy arrived in Syria to…

Radio France Internationale

Ukraine says over 1,200 health facilities damaged since start of war

According to Ukrainian Health Minister VIktor Liashko, 1,218 Ukrainian health facilities have been damaged, including 540 damaged hospitals, 173 of which were totally destroyed. The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner said Sunday that his troops had taken an eastern Ukrainian village a few kilometres from the key city…

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Houthis' Ban of Vaccines Angers Yemenis

Yemeni areas under the Houthi militia’s control have received no vaccines, angering Yemen’s health and government circles, especially after the militia leaders portrayed inoculation as an "international conspiracy" targeting the population. The Yemeni health community feared the coup's hostile approach to immunization campaigns would lead to widespread epidemics, especially among…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Aid needs are immense as Turkey-Syria death toll crosses 29,000

UN relief chief Martin Griffiths said he expected the death toll to at least double.

Al Jazeera

Turkey-Syria earthquake: death toll rises to 33,000; baby girl rescued alive after 150 hours, Turkish health minister says – as it happened

Officials and medics said 29,605 people have died in Turkey and 3,574 in Syria; Baby girl rescued in Hatay

The Guardian - UK

Neutral Austria under pressure to get tougher on Russia

Neutral Austria has come under heavy criticism for granting visas that will allow sanctioned Russian lawmakers to attend a Vienna meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

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Alimi Heads to Europe to Coordinate Peace Efforts in Yemen

The head of the Yemeni Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, left Aden for Riyadh ahead of his European tour, including Belgium and Germany, to coordinate the stalled peace efforts with the Houthi militia. According to a source in the Yemeni presidency, Alimi was scheduled to hold discussions with senior European officials…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU envoy to Syria: 'absolutely unfair' to be accused of shirking earthquake aid

The European Union's envoy to Syria said early on Sunday that it was not fair to accuse the group of failing to provide enough help to Syrians following the earthquake that devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey last week.

Reuters

US urges UN vote to approve more Syria border crossings for quake aid

The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria has now reached approximately 33,000 reports stated Sunday, with the UN warning that the final number could rise by "double or more". Also on Sunday, a new UN convoy arrived in Syria to deliver deperately needed international aid.…

France 24

The Observer view on the inadequate response to the earthquake by the Turkish and Syrian governments

Typically, Erdoğan and Assad have tried to blame others for a disaster that has exposed their corrupt and negligent regimes

The Guardian - UK

UN Relief Chief: Türkiye-Syria Quake Deaths to Top 50,000

The death toll from a massive earthquake in Türkiye and Syria will "double or more" from its current level of 28,000, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths has said. Griffiths arrived on Saturday in Türkiye's southern city of Kahramanmaras, the epicenter of the first 7.8-magnitude tremor that upturned millions of lives…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two years on from the military coup, Myanmar's migrant community is still fighting for democracy

The military coup in Myanmar two years ago may feel like a world away for many, but for the country's migrant community in Australia, the reality of conflict and oppression remains close to home.

ABC News

Cyprus politician Christodoulides wins presidential vote

Former Cypriot foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides was elected president on Sunday in a runoff vote, promising a unity government tasked with breaking a deadlock in peace talks with estranged Turkish Cypriots.

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Quake aid is political pawn as powers clash over Syria access

Aid deliveries to tens of thousands of Syrians caught up in this week’s earthquake are being hampered by wrangling between rival powers in the country’s more than decade-long war.

The Independent UK

Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake expected to double as fatalities pass 28,000

Turkey’s president Tayyip Erdogan promised that rebuilding work on cities would begin ‘within weeks’ as millions are left homeless

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Aid Chief Says World Must Remember Those Displaced by Quake in Türkiye and Syria

UN aid chief Martin Griffiths appealed on Saturday to remember thousands of people who needed shelter and food while rescuers kept searching for survivors of the devastating earthquake that hit southern Türkiye and northwestern Syria. Speaking during a news briefing in the Turkish province of Kahramanmaras, as rescuers worked behind…

The Guardian - UK

Iain Duncan Smith calls for arrest of Chinese governor for ‘crimes against humanity’

Erkin Tuniyaz is head of the Xinjiang region, where human rights abuses are alleged to be taking place

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Asharq Al-Awsat

First War, Now Earthquake: Many Syrians Displaced Again

Living for years in a tent camp for displaced people in Syria’s opposition-held northwest, Ali Abu Yassin used to envy friends and relatives who had brick walls around them and solid ceilings over their heads. The situation was turned on its head after Monday’s devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Türkiye…

WEKU

Survivors are still being found as the earthquake's death toll tops 28,000

Rescue crews pulled more survivors, including entire families, from toppled buildings despite diminishing hopes as the death toll of the quake in Turkey and Syria surpassed 28,000.

Axios

Search and rescue efforts nearing end in Turkey, U.N. liaison says

"The probability of finding survivors under the rubble in below freezing temperatures is becoming a lower probability."

Daily Mirror

Miracle as family found alive in Turkey earthquake rubble as hopes fade for survivors

Rescue workers extricated the family of five from among a mound of debris in the hard-hit town of Nurdagi, in Gaziantep province, where they had been surviving under the rubble for five days

The Guardian - UK

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll likely to ‘more than double’, UN says

At least 24,596 people have been confirmed dead after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck on Monday

The Independent UK

Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid

Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northern Syria warn that Monday’s earthquake will have a “long tail.”

Evening Standard

Turkey-Syria earthquake death toll expected to double as fatalities exceed 25,000, UN aid chief says

‘We haven’t really begun to count the number of dead,’ the UN aid chief said

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