The death toll from the earthquakes has reached 11,700. With 2,662 more people killed in Syria. Rescue teams are still looking for people. The death toll in Turkey from the earthquakes on Monday, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is now at least 9,057. Rescue teams are still looking for people who may be buried … Read more
Aid organizations have been unable to reach the rebel-held province of Idlib. Due to a lack of supplies, leading to a potential catastrophe. Aid from the US and Europe may be too late. With the exception of a “Egyptian technical team,” activist Ahmed Abu Hamza informed Al-Yaum, no supplies have reached the rebel-held province of … Read more
The government’s response to the earthquakes has drawn criticism. The French satirical magazine cartoon has been criticized’. For making light of the catastrophe. The government’s response to devastating earthquakes that have killed more than 11,000 people in southern Turkey and northwest Syria has drawn criticism, according to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. “This is a time … Read more
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The Syrian government is calling for the lifting of economic sanctions. Relief organizations operating in Syria’s areas under government control. The sanctions were placed on Syria in an effort to compel the government. In the wake of Monday’s earthquake, the Syrian regime has increased its calls for the lifting of economic US and EU sanctions. … Read more
Ticket sales from Qatar Cup will be given to help Turkey earthquake victims. 9,638 people have died as a result of the deadly earthquakes. All sporting events have been postponed. The Qatar Stars League (QSL) revealed on Wednesday that ticket sales from the Qatar Cup semifinals would be given to help Turkey and Syria earthquake … Read more
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Turkey will rebuild Karamanmaras in one year. And donate 10,000 Turkish liras to aid affected families. The search for survivors has become more challenging as a cold front sweeps. The southern province of Karamanmaras, which was the epicenter of Monday’s tragic earthquake, will to be rebuilt, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “in one … Read more
At least 1,220 people have died in Idlib governorate, a rebel-controlled area in northern Syria.
The hope of finding more families decreases with each hour.
Earthquake: Two children were rescued more than 36 hours after the quake trapped their family as they slept in the wreckage of their home in northern Syria.
“Get me out of here, I’ll do anything for you,” the older child whispers to rescuers who are seen on video squatting in the rubble of the children’s home in Besnaya-Bseineh, a small village in Haram, Syria.
“I’ll be your servant,” she adds, as a rescuer replies, “No, no.”
The girl’s name is Mariam, and she softly touches the hair on her younger sibling’s head as they lie squeezed together in what could be the remains of their bed. She can move her arm enough to shield her sibling’s face from the dust.
According to their father, the younger child’s name is Ilaaf, which means “protection” in Islamic.
Mustafa Zuhir Al-Sayed claims his wife and three children were sleeping in the early hours of Monday when the earth shook with a 7.8-magnitude earthquake, the most powerful to strike the region in more than a century of records.
“We felt the ground shaking … and rubble began falling over our head, and we stayed two days under the rubble,” he said. “We went through, a feeling, a feeling I hope no one has to feel.”
Pinned under rubble, Al-Sayed said his family recited the Quran and prayed out loud that someone would find them.
“People heard us, and we were rescued – me, my wife, and the children. Thank God, we are all alive and we thank those who rescued us,” he said.
The video shows locals cheering as Mariam and Ilaaf are carried from the rubble wrapped in blankets. The children were taken to the hospital, where they’re receiving medical care.
Hope of finding more families decreases with each hour amid frigid temperatures that have made survival difficult even for those who have managed to flee the crumbling structures.
According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a humanitarian aid group better known as the “White Helmets,” at least 1,220 people have died in Idlib governorate, a rebel-controlled area in northern Syria.
The group said Tuesday that the number of dead and injured is “expected to rise significantly due to the presence of hundreds of families under the rubble.”
At least 1,280 deaths have been confirmed in government-controlled areas of Syria, according to state-run media, bringing the total Syrian toll to more than 2,500.
The total number of deaths from the earthquake across the Turkey-Syria border has risen to more than 9,400, with humanitarian groups warning that the figure is likely to grow further.
Aid is slowly reaching people in need, but even before the earthquake, the United Nations estimated that 70% of Syria’s population required humanitarian assistance.
The hope of finding more families decreases with each hour amid frigid temperatures that have made survival difficult even for those who have managed to flee the crumbling structures.
According to the Syrian Civil Defense, a humanitarian aid group better known as the “White Helmets,” at least 1,220 people have died in Idlib governorate, a rebel-controlled area in northern Syria.
Frustration is rising as a result of the slow arrival of assistance.
ANKARA, TURKEY — Heartbreaking images of a newborn pulled alive from the wreckage and a distraught father clutching his dead daughter’s hand have shown the human cost of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey, which had claimed over 9,600 lives by Wednesday.
An improvised army of rescuers has labored in cold temperatures for two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake to find individuals still entombed under the wreckage in various cities on either side of the border.
The official death toll from the disaster is now 7,100 in Turkey and 2,547 in Syria, bringing the total to 9,647 — However, if experts’ greatest predictions come true, that figure may more than treble.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, has cautioned that time is running out for the thousands of people who have been harmed and others who are still believed to be trapped.
It is now too late for Mesut Hancer, a resident of the Turkish city Kahramanmaras, which lies close to the epicenter.
He sat on the icy rubble, unable to speak, clutching his 15-year-old daughter Irmak’s hand while her body lay lifeless among the slabs of concrete and twisted rebar.
‘Children are freezing’
Even for those who have survived, the future is bleak.
Many people have sought shelter from the constant earthquakes, cold rain, and snow in mosques, schools, and even bus shelters, burning rubbish to stay warm.
Frustration is rising as a result of the slow arrival of assistance.
“I’m unable to bring my brother back from the wreckage. I’m unable to reclaim my nephew. Take a look around. For God’s sake, there is no state official here “In Kahramanmaras, Ali Sagiroglu stated.
“For two days we haven´t seen the state around here… Children are freezing from the cold,” he said.
Shops were closed in adjacent Gaziantep, there was no heat since gas lines had been shut to avoid explosions, and getting petrol was difficult.
Sixty-one-year-old homeowner Celal Deniz said the police had to intervene as restless crowds waiting for rescue teams “revolted”.
Another 100 people slept wrapped in blankets in the lounge of an airport terminal traditionally reserved for Turkish politicians and celebrities.
“We saw the buildings collapse, so we know we’re lucky to be alive,” said Zahide Sutcu, who was driving her two tiny children to the airport.
“But now our lives have so much uncertainty. How will I look after these children?”
A decade of civil conflict and Syrian-Russian aerial bombardment had already damaged hospitals, ruined the economy, and caused energy, gasoline, and water shortages in northern Syria.
Even the thrill of rescuing a newborn baby was tinged with grief in the rebel-controlled hamlet of Jindayris.
She was still bound to her mother, who had been slain in the accident.
Damage roads and other infrastructure in southern Turkey have slowed the delivery of supplies to northern Syria.
The northeast of Syria is largely controlled by US-backed Kurdish-led militias.
Syrian Arab Red Crescent head called for the European Union to lift its sanctions on Syria.
BEIRUT, — Even before Monday’s deadly earthquake, delivering relief to all sections of war-torn Syria had formidable political and logistical obstacles.
These obstacles have only grown in the aftermath of the calamity that has killed hundreds in Turkey and Syria and destroyed thousands of structures.
Damage to roads and other infrastructure in southern Turkey has slowed the delivery of supplies to northern Syria, which has already been decimated by 12 years of conflict.
The “conflict and the way the humanitarian response is split between rebel areas and Damascus” complicate aid distribution, according to Aron Lund, a Syria researcher at the New York-based think tank Century International.
While the government in Damascus controls the bulk of Syria, the majority of the north is controlled by several — and sometimes opposing — organizations. The northwest is divided between territory de facto controlled by Turkey and territory controlled by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an al-Qaida-linked rebel force. The northeast of Syria is largely controlled by US-backed Kurdish-led militias.
Because of the difficulty of passing via Damascus, foreign aid has been delivered to northwestern Idlib province via Turkey for many years. However, the area of southern Turkey that has traditionally been used as a staging area has been severely damaged by the earthquake.
Aid delivery into northwestern Syria was “temporarily interrupted” Tuesday, according to a United Nations spokesperson, due to infrastructure damage and challenges with road access.
Damage to the Hatay airport and the road to the aid crossing, Bab al-Hawa, were particularly slowing shipments, according to Emma Beals, a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington.
Enormous needs in Turkey itself
“There is also the fact that there are enormous needs in Turkey itself,” she said.
One cause for hold-ups is that the U.N. mandate for delivering aid to the territory only allows it to enter through the Bab al-Hawa crossing, Beals said. Also, international search teams may be reluctant to enter earthquake-affected areas controlled by HTS, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S.
The group’s “presence limits the kinds of aid many donors are prepared to supply to the area,” she said.
The Damascus regime and its Russian allies have seized the opportunity to revive their demand for northern aid to be funneled through Damascus. Countries opposed to Assad do not trust Syrian authorities to provide help to opposition areas and are concerned that it may be redirected to benefit people and institutions associated with the government.
According to Natasha Hall, a senior scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, transporting aid via Damascus to the north is not feasible in practice, especially during a moment of crisis.
“It is extremely logistically and administratively difficult to get the approvals (from Damascus),” she said. Coordination of aid is also hampered “because the government of Syria doesn’t recognize the non-governmental organizations working in northwest Syria.”
At a press conference Tuesday in Damascus, Syrian Arab Red Crescent head Khaled Hboubati said his group is “ready to deliver relief aid to all regions of Syria, including areas not under government control.” He called for the European Union to lift its sanctions on Syria in light of the massive destruction caused by the earthquake.
Aid convoys and rescuers from several countries, notably key ally Russia, as well as the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Iran, and Algeria, have landed in airports in government-held Syria.
Difficult humanitarian situation
Still, the sanctions exacerbate the “difficult humanitarian situation,” Hboubati said.
“There is no fuel even to send (aid and rescue) convoys, and this is because of the blockade and sanctions,” he said.
Rescue teams search through the wreckage of collapsed buildings in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
So far, the U.S. and its allies have resisted attempts at creating a political opening by way of the disaster response. U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Monday that it would be “ironic, if not even counterproductive, for us to reach out to a government that has brutalized its people over the course of a dozen years now.”
Price said the U.S. would continue to provide aid through “humanitarian partners on the ground.”
Similarly, a spokesperson for the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said the “sanctions regime was put in place in response to human rights violations and other abuses by the regime and their cronies.”
According to a US State Department official, humanitarian assistance in government-held areas is provided by partner organisations rather than the government.
“Our partners in regime-controlled areas directly deliver assistance to beneficiaries without control or direction from the Assad regime,” they told sources. “This is to ensure that our assistance is not diverted by malign actors or the Assad regime and reaches the intended beneficiaries.”
One of the main groups supported by the United States and Britain is a civil defense organization in opposition-held areas known as the White Helmets; USAID Administrator Samantha Power spoke with the group’s head Tuesday and “discussed how USAID can provide the most urgently needed assistance in response to the earthquake,” her office said in a statement.
European Commission
According to European Commission spokeswoman Balazs Ujvari, the European Union has supplied relief in all areas of Syria through UN and NGO partners and is attempting to expand funds for humanitarian assistance. According to him, the Syrian government has not yet formally requested that Europe deploy rescue and medical personnel.
In theory, sanctions should not impede assistance operations in government territories because both the US and the EU have exemptions for humanitarian relief.
However, the reality on the ground can vary. Banks, for example, may restrict transactions to pay suppliers or local workers for humanitarian organizations, despite the exclusions, according to Lund.
In addition, US sanctions, and to a lesser extent EU sanctions, seek to hinder the restoration of damaged infrastructure and property in government-held areas in the absence of a political solution, which could impede post-earthquake rehabilitation, according to Lund.
Meanwhile, local emergency workers in both sections of Syria report that only limited relief is reaching them.
“There are promises that aid will get to us but nothing has gotten here yet,” said the White Helmets’ head Raed Saleh.
UK executive director Natalie Roberts has a team in Syria.
She revealed that they had tragically lost a coworker.
It’s a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe in Syria.
Doctors Without Borders UK executive director Natalie Roberts has a team in Syria. She revealed that they had tragically lost a coworker amid the rubble.
“It’s a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe. In these parts of Turkey, in places like Gaziantep, there are millions of Syrian refugees living often in not very robust accommodations. It’s a recipe for disaster.”
Although there is a window of opportunity immediately following the earthquake to treat the acute injuries of individuals who get out of the wreckage, persons who remain beneath the rubble for too long suffered from “crush” injuries that can lead to renal failure, according to Roberts. “We expect it to happen in the coming weeks,” she said.
And the weather is compounding the situation since people are afraid to return home, exposing them to dangerously low temperatures. “We need to think immediately about strong living circumstances so that they don’t succumb to another cholera outbreak or other diseases that could result from this situation.”
Northern Syria will be affected by the earthquakes for “months and months,” she predicted.
Her mother went into labor soon after the accident and gave birth before dying.
Her father, four brothers, and an aunt were also killed.
A doctor at a local Afrin hospital stated she was currently in stable condition.
Syria: Rescuers rescued a newborn baby from beneath the wreckage of a building in northwestern Syria that was demolished by an earthquake on Monday.
According to a relative, her mother went into labor soon after the accident and gave birth before dying. Her father, four brothers, and an aunt were also killed.
After being rescued from the wreckage in Jindayris, a guy was seen carrying the baby, who was covered in dust.
A doctor at a local Afrin hospital stated she was currently in stable condition.
The structure where her family lived was allegedly one of roughly 50 that was demolished by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Jindayris, an opposition-held town in Idlib province near the Turkish border.
A baby girl has been rescued from beneath the wreckage of a building in northwestern Syria that was demolished by an earthquake on Monday.
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake allegedly demolished over 50 buildings in Jindayris, an opposition-held town in Idlib province near the Turkish border.
Even before the earthquake, 4.1 million people in the northwest, most of whom were women and children, were in desperate need of humanitarian assistance.
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The four people were arrested after detectives discovered accounts that published “provocative” posts.
People on Turkish social media have been complaining about a lack of search.
Following a major 7.8-magnitude earthquake in southern Turkey, Turkish police detained four people on Tuesday for “provocative” social media posts.
The earthquake slammed the region early Monday, killing over 5000 people in Turkiye and Syria, wounding hundreds more, and leaving many more without shelter in the harsh cold.
The four people were arrested after detectives discovered accounts that published “provocative posts aimed at instilling fear and terror,” according to the police.
It also stated that a larger investigation into social media accounts was ongoing, but provided no information about the posts’ content.
People on Turkish social media have been complaining about a lack of search and rescue activities in their area, particularly in Hatay.
On Tuesday, the police appeared to address such allegations.
“The address and location information of citizens who seek help is immediately ascertained and coordination is established,” they said.
Turkish authorities have in the last few years cracked down on social media posts, especially those considered to support “terror”, but this has led to accusations that freedom of expression has been curtailed.
UN aid from Turkey to Syria is being halted owing to road damage.
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 23 million people in Turkey and Syria “are exposed” to the effects of these earthquakes.
This includes around one million youngsters, according to WHO’s senior emergency officer Adelheid Marschang, who spoke earlier to the UN health agency’s executive committee.
Syria, which felt the effects of both earthquakes, is already experiencing problems, with the delivery of essential UN aid from Turkey being halted owing to road damage.
“This is a crisis on top of multiple crises in the affected region,” Marschang said of Syria, adding the country’s needs are high after “nearly 12 years of protracted, complex crisis, while humanitarian funding continues to decline”.
The first 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early in the morning.
As the buildings began to tremble, many people ran into the streets.
Over 5000 people lost their lives.
Two massive earthquakes and a series of aftershocks struck Turkey, Syria, and the surrounding region, killing over 5000 people and wreaking havoc.
Where were the earthquakes?
The first 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck early in the morning near the city of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. A similar-sized quake occurred 60 miles (100 kilometers) to the north, while people were still looking for survivors in the rubble.
The vibrations were so powerful that they took down tower blocks and other buildings in northern Syria and were felt as far away as Cyprus and Lebanon.
The epicenter of the first earthquake was near Gaziantep, a city of about two million inhabitants. As the buildings began to tremble, many people ran into the streets.
The city’s castle, which has stood for over 2,000 years, has also suffered significant damage. During the Roman Empire, the hilltop castle was constructed. It was most recently utilized as a museum.
The historic Yeni Camii mosque in Malatya, which is more than 100 miles from the epicentre, was severely damaged. Its domes crumbled, exposing it to the winter sky. The mosque was destroyed by a massive earthquake in 1894 and then damaged again by another quake in 1964.
Buildings and docks were destroyed in the Mediterranean port city of Iskenderun, Hatay province.
Building collapses killed over 810 persons in Syria. The earthquake has severely devastated Aleppo’s mediaeval citadel, which has been wrecked by a decade of fighting.
A big block of residential and commercial buildings in the village of Besnaya – Bseineh was reduced to rubble.
Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty, Soni Razdan, RajKummar Rao among others share their condolences.
Celebrities take to Instagram to pray for those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Earthquake of 7.8 magnitude rocked Turkey and Syria killing thousands of people.
Bollywood stars have conveyed their sorrow following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria and killed thousands of people. A number of celebrities, including stars Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty, Soni Razdan, and RajKummar Rao, posted prayers for people impacted by the earthquake on Instagram.
On her Instagram Stories late on Monday night, Priyanka Chopra reposted a Time article. She added a note to it “Devastating. (Heart emoji broken)” Middle East Matters published a piece that Alia Bhatt reposted. This is heartbreaking (broken heart emoji),” she said as the caption. According to RajKummar’s Instagram Stories, “Syria, Turkey We are thinking of you. (Emoticons for hands folded and broken heart).”
Soni Razdan, Alia’s mother-actor, reshared a post and commented, “Just brokenhearted (broken heart emoji). Turkey-related emojis include the country’s flag and hands in prayer.” She also shared a post about a fourth earthquake that struck Turkey on Tuesday and had a magnitude of 5.6. Soni commented, “I sent a link to give.” “Donate, please! It’s simple; I just did it.”
According to Shilpa Shetty‘s Instagram Stories, “Prayers are being sent to all those whose lives have been impacted by the devastating earthquakes that occurred in Turkey and Syria (folded hands emoji). Icon of a candle: May the spirits of all the deceased rest in peace.” She also included an emoji of a flower bouquet in her message.
Three deadly earthquakes with magnitudes of 7.8, 7.6, and 6.0 struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. Numerous strong aftershocks, including one measured at 7.5 magnitudes on Monday afternoon in the same fault zone of south-central Turkey, were felt after the initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake. Southern Turkey and northern and central Syria have sustained the majority of the damage.
Over 4,000 people have died as a result of the strong earthquakes that struck Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, according to the Washington Post. It is the most powerful earthquake to have struck Turkey in over ten years. Numerous medical teams have been attending to the injured as thousands of emergency responders have been looking for persons among the building debris.
Tuesday saw an earthquake in eastern Turkey with a magnitude of 5.7, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
