Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria are searching through the frigid night, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble.
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In Turkey alone, more than 5,600 buildings were destroyed, The Associated Press reported. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said 224 buildings in northwestern Syrian were destroyed and at least 325 were damaged, including aid warehouses. The U.N. had been assisting 2.7 million people each month...
UN aid finally enters Syria's rebel held areas - as a rising death toll see the disaster become the worst in Turkey's modern history. Watch Yousra Elbagir's report from Kahramanmaras, Turkey, as you scroll.
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Many in Turkey have had to sleep in cars, outside or in government shelters. "We don't have a tent, we don't have a heating stove, we don't have anything," said Aysan Kurt, 27. "Our children are in bad shape. We are all getting wet under the rain and our ...
Turkish authorities also said they were targeting disinformation, and the internet monitoring group NetBlocks said early Wednesday that access to Twitter in Turkey had been restricted, despite it being used by survivors to alert rescuers. However, Twitter CEO Elon MusktweetedWednesday night that "Twitte...
People sit and stand around a collapsed building in Golbasi, Adiyaman province, southern Turkey, February 8, 2023, several days after devastating earthquakes hit the region.Emrah Gurel/AP The earthquake killed Abdulaim Muaini's wife and buried him alive. For 72 hours he fended off exposure, ...
A huge earthquake killed about 1,700 people and injured thousands more on Monday in central Turkey and northwest Syria, flattening apartment blocks and heaping more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war.
11:45 a.m. 13:03:46, February 7, 2023 First of two Indian disaster relief teams depart for Turkey From CNN's Manveena Suri in New Delhi The first of two Indian disaster relief teams left for Turkey on Monday night, according to the Indian Air Force. ...