ANTAKYA - Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger...
“I thought the earth was going to split open under my feet,” she said, crying as she held her 7-year-old son in her arms.Washington would help “for as long as it takes” as rescue operations
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said construction work on nearly 200,000 apartments in 11 earthquake-hit provinces of Turkey would begin next month. They include 226,000 women in Turkey and 130,000 in Syria, about 38,800 of whom will deliver in the next month. Many of them were sheltering in camps or exposed to freezing temperatures and struggling to get food or clean water.
People stay outside after an earthquake was felt across Lebanon in downtown Beirut, on Feb 20, 2023. PHOTO: EPA-EFE At the Turkish Cilvegozu border crossing, hundreds of Syrians lined up starting early on Monday to cross.
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