Middle East

URGENT: Death toll rises above 35,000 in Turkey, Syria quake

Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Monday 2/13/2023 The death toll from a catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria climbed…

Israeli air strike hits Hamas complex in Gaza: military

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Monday in response to a rocket fired…

More survivors rescued a week after Turkey-Syria quake

by Fulya Ozerkan with Joris Fioriti in Antakya and Maher al-Mounes in Damascus Agence France-Presse KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey (AFP) -- Rescuers…

Miracle rescues as Turkey-Syria quake deaths pass 28,000

  by Fulya Ozerkan with Omar Haj Kadour from Bab al-Hawa crossing Rescuers pulled a two-month-old baby and an elderly…

Children rescued as Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 24,000

Kahramanmaras, Turkey | AFP | by Fulya Ozerkan with Remi Banet in Antakya Rescuers pulled out children Friday from the…

Two dead, including child, in east Jerusalem car ramming

  East Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | Two people including a child were killed Friday in car ramming attack on…

Children found alive as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 22,000

by Fulya Ozerkan with Remi Banet in Antakya Rescuers pulled children alive Friday from the rubble of the Turkey-Syria earthquake…

WHO chief says heading for Syria following deadly quake

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Thursday that he was heading to Syria which…

US announces $85 mn in aid for quake-hit Turkey, Syria

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Thursday announced an initial $85 million package for emergency relief after…

Turkey-Syria quake toll nears 20,000 as hopes dim

  by Omar Haj Kadour with Fulya Ozerkan in Adiyaman, Turkey with Remi Banet in Antakya, Turkey Hopes faded Thursday…

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