earthquake

Turkey earthquake: Aid not reaching northwest Syria as border guards affected

UN aid is not reaching opposition-held territory in northwest Syria due to customs officials at the Turkish border being personally impacted by Monday’s earthquake, officials and humanitarian workers have told MEE. More than 11,000 people have died after a 7.8-magnitude quake struck the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday morning. A second, 7.5-magnitude[…]

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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Growing calls to open border crossing for aid to reach Syria

The only international aid corridor from Turkey into Syria has been disrupted because of earthquake damage, compounding an already dire humanitarian situation and laying the groundwork for potential wrangling between the Syrian government and the international community. “It’s chaos. We are not able to rely on anything cross border right now,” Amany Qaddour, regional[…]

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Turkey earthquake: Thousands killed as rescue efforts continue in freezing temperatures

Rescue workers across Turkey and Syria are working overnight to locate and assist people trapped under rubble, as the death toll continues to rise over 4,000 people after two massive earthquakes hit the two countries. Thousands of search and rescue workers have been dispatched by the Turkish government, while the United States, European Union, Iran, the United[…]

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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits southern Iran

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck Iran’s southern province of Bushehr, where a nuclear power plant is located, but there were no immediate reports of considerable damage. At least five people were injured, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported. The epicentre of the earthquake on Sunday was the town of[…]

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Cape Town in shock after 3.5 magnitude tremors

Capetonians are still in shock after Tuesday morning’s tremors vibrated across various suburbs in the Cape Metropole. At 12.27am, some Capetonians woke up to hear their windows rattling, with many speculating the vibrations were indeed earth tremors. The US Geological Survey confirmed that a 3.5 magnitude tremor was felt across[…]

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