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2/20/2023 4:31:47 PM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday underlined Washington's commitment to delivering F-16 jets to Turkey as he wrapped up a visit during which he pledged solidarity with the earthquake-hit country.
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2/19/2023 11:05:53 PM
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took a helicopter tour Sunday of one of the provinces worst-affected by the Feb. 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria and pledged a further $100 million in aid to help the region.
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2/19/2023 4:08:54 PM
Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except the two hardest hit by last week's massive quake that killed tens of thousands of people, the Turkish disaster agency said Sunday.
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2/19/2023 3:34:21 PM
As the search and rescue effort for buried survivors of the Feb. 6 earthquake started to wind down in Turkey, demolition teams have moved in to clear the mounds of rubble left by the worst disaster in modern Turkish history.
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2/19/2023 1:42:58 PM
The group Doctors Without Borders called Sunday for the "urgent scaling up" of earthquake aid to northwest Syria as it delivered a convoy laden with emergency assistance.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/18/2023 8:34:00 PM
The body of an Egyptian woman was found in the earthquake-ravaged Iskenderun district of the Turkish province of Hatay, nearly two weeks after the deadly incident shook the country, according to a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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2/18/2023 7:58:25 PM
The death toll on Saturday rose to more than 44,000 from the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria with the body of former Ghana international footballer Christian Atsu also found beneath a collapsed building in Antakya.
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2/18/2023 1:49:44 PM
A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as he was trapped under the rubble of his home during last week's earthquake.
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Africa
2/18/2023 12:37:08 PM
Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31.
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2/17/2023 6:14:49 PM
Nearly two weeks after a massive earthquake leveled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria, many are still struggling to fulfill their basic needs and some are bedding down in tents, factories, train cars, and greenhouses.
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2/17/2023 2:21:19 PM
More than 140 trucks carrying desperately-needed aid have crossed into rebel-held northwestern Syria from Turkey since a giant earthquake devastated the region last week, the United Nations said Friday.
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2/17/2023 1:38:37 PM
Syrian refugees living in Turkey sought to get back to their war-torn country on Friday after swathes of their adopted homes were destroyed by last week's earthquake.
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2/16/2023 7:50:04 PM
The United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syrian crisis said Thursday that the country's death toll from last week's deadly earthquake is likely to rise further as teams scramble to remove rubble in hard-hit areas.
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2/16/2023 5:13:24 PM
A Turkish volunteer runs down a pile of rubble, dragging a Syrian man with a bloodied face as anger builds and migrant tensions soar across quake-shattered regions.
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World
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2/16/2023 3:41:38 PM
Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon, the Red Cross' global chief said Thursday, as Syrians struggle to receive humanitarian aid amid the mounting crisis.
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World
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2/16/2023 9:36:01 AM
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel Sunday to Turkey to discuss support after a massive earthquake, his first trip to the NATO ally which has had turbulent relations with Washington.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/15/2023 11:47:28 PM
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has appealed to the world to "put politics aside" and act in unison in order to provide more support to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian and Turkish peoples in the aftermath of the earthquakes.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/15/2023 11:38:17 PM
The Tahya Masr Fund has designated a bank account at all state-owned banks to receive donations from inside and outside Egypt to send basic goods and pharmaceutical supplies to the victims of the earthquake that ravaged Syria.
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Life & Style
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International
2/15/2023 10:22:05 PM
Over the past century, the Earth's average temperature has swiftly increased by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). The evidence is hard to dispute. It comes from thermometers and other sensors around the world.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
2/15/2023 6:32:00 PM
The response to the devastation caused by the earthquake in Syria mixes compassion with realpolitik.
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