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Category: Turkey-Syria earthquake
Turkey earthquake: ‘State ignored our warnings’, say engineers and architects
Rescuers carry out search work at a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey, on 9 February 2023,…
Survivor in NW Syria: ‘I watched my house collapse and kill my entire family’
Thousands of Syrians lost their lives in the twin earthquakes that hit the region on 6…
US and NATO plot wars while ignoring Turkey/Syria earthquake victims
The February 6 earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria is a devastating indictment of world capitalism…
Syria earthquake: Displaced in northwest lack aid and shelter in freezing cold
Displaced Syrians in Azmarin, western Idlib, on 12 February 2023 (MEE/Mohamed Al-Daher) UN criticised for slow…
‘Very simple things’: Earthquake engineers on what went wrong in Turkey
Turkey has a strong seismic code and highly-qualified engineers, but a lack of independent inspection has…
Turkey earthquake: In a remote village survivors despair as aid eludes many
Earthquake survivors wait for aid in the remote village of Akcatepe 200km north of Adiyaman, 16…
Turkey earthquake: ‘State ignored our warnings’, say engineers and architects
Rescuers carry out search work at a collapsed building in Adiyaman, Turkey, on 9 February 2023,…
Between a dictator and a failed UN, post-earthquake Syria resembles its revolution: isolated and abandoned
Civil defense crews deployed to a village submerged after embankment on Asi River collapsed and led…
Who is responsible for earthquake deaths in Turkey? Ozan Özgür
Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez’s well-known novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, tells the story of…
A preventable disaster: Antioch, Turkey once again razed by earthquake Hakan Özal
Hatay’s Antakya district, which includes the historic city of Antioch, was among the worst hit last…
Türkiye’s Earthquakes Revealed the Paralysis of Its State
The country’s hyped-up executive presidential system failed the ultimate stress test. The magnitude of the natural disaster that…
Germany: Arsonists set fire to earthquake donations
Truckloads of donations destined for earthquake victims in Turkiye were set on fire by arsonists at…
Amid cholera outbreak, health fears grow in quake-hit Syria
With the first cases detected in September, earthquake devastation risks new stresses, particularly in rebel-held areas.…
Turkey earthquake: Grief gives way to anger as anti-Syrian sentiment boils
People pass as rescue workers continue to clear rubble from collapsed buildings in Antakya, Turkey, on…
In Syria, the West’s humanitarian claims crumble to dust
A Syrian boy, who lost his entire family in the earthquake, walks amid the rubble of…
Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 28,000
Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly…