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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

Turkey-Syria earthquake 2023

Border customs officials inspect a truck loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, following a devastating earthquake, on February 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
July 11, 2023, 11:57 pm
UN ends aid to northwest Syria from Turkey over disagreement at Security Council
Russia vetoes resolution to extend aid delivery through Bab al-Hawa crossing; alternative Russian proposal favorable to Syrian regime rejected by Western powers
By Edith M. Lederer
Iran-linked fighters with a portrait of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Khomeini in Baghdad, Iraq, during a parade marking Quds Day, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
May 8, 2023, 11:44 am
Leaked US intel files: Iran smuggling weapons hidden in earthquake relief to Syria
Citing classified assessment and Israeli military official, Washington Post says Iranian proxies in Iraq are working with Quds Force to ferry arms across border, including drones
By ToI Staff
People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, lineup to receive aid supplies at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, February 14, 2023. (Hussein Malla/AP)
April 25, 2023, 6:32 pm
Damascus says fresh EU sanctions impede aid to earthquake-hit Syrians
Foreign ministry official accuses bloc of ‘repeating lies’ that latest measures won’t impact humanitarian aid or access to food and medical equipment
By AFP
Illustrative: Workers unload aid from a plane sent by Iran, at the airport in Syria's northern city of Aleppo, early on February 8, 2023, following a deadly earthquake. (AFP)
April 12, 2023, 1:23 pm
Iran transferred weapons into Syria under cover of earthquake aid flights – report
Tehran saw ‘God’s help’ in chance to move arms and ‘restocked quantities lost in previous Israeli drone strikes,’ sources tell Reuters; also say Israel hit key Hezbollah, Iran base
By ToI Staff
An Israeli rescue worker holds a scroll found in Antakya, Turkey on Feb. 16, 2023. (IDF Spokesperson)
March 16, 2023, 5:43 pm
How the removal of Jewish scripture from Turkey marred Israel’s rescue operation
ZAKA volunteers brought back and showcased 2 Scrolls of Esther said to be decades old, sparking frenzied allegations of ‘archaeological theft’ in the Turkish media
By Canaan Lidor
A man walks among the rubble of collapsed buildings in Hatay on March 6, 2023, one month after a massive earthquake struck southeastern Turkey. (OZAN KOSE/AFP)
March 7, 2023, 2:00 pm
UN estimates damage from Turkey earthquake will exceed $100 billion
Figure far in excess of World Bank’s $34 billion estimate; 7.8 magnitude quake in Turkish-Syrian border area last month claimed more than 50,000 lives
By AFP
Avi Schiffman (right) with Internet Activism team members (from left): Will Depue, Anant Sinha, and Krish Shah. Team member Adrian Gri not pictured. (Courtesy of Avi Schiffman)
March 1, 2023, 3:22 am
How a young Harvard dropout and friends are set to level-up global humanitarian aid
The ‘whiz kid’ who developed the world’s first COVID-tracking site is ramping up his organization, Internet Activism, and helping victims of Turkey’s earthquake and Ukraine’s war
By Renee Ghert-Zand
People stand by a building destroyed in recent earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, February 27, 2023. (Omar Sanadiki/AP)
February 28, 2023, 10:06 pm
Revised toll shows over 50,000 killed in Turkey, Syria earthquake
AFP reports figures from government and rebel-held Syrian areas show 5,951 people were killed, while Turkey recorded 44,374 deaths after February 6 disaster
By AFP
Rescue teams in Yeşilyurt. (Screenshot: Twitter; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 27, 2023, 4:07 pm
One killed as new quake hits Turkey, toppling more buildings
69 injured as 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Turkish town of Yesilyurt, weeks after devastating temblor
By AP
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) and Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (R) arrive for a press conference at the foreign ministry headquarters in Damascus on February 27, 2023. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)
February 27, 2023, 12:56 pm
Egypt’s FM visits Syria for 1st time in decade, as isolation of Assad regime weakens
After devastating earthquake, Sameh Shoukry is greeted by his counterpart at Damascus airport, as Arab outreach increases to government long shunned over civil war
By AFP
A Turkish man, walks on the debris of the heritage houses that destroyed during the devastated earthquake, in the old city of Antakya, southern Turkey, Monday, February 13, 2023. (AP/Hussein Malla)
February 22, 2023, 8:32 pm
Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past
Jewish community’s leaders died in 7.8-quake this month; city ‘can be rebuilt, but it will not be like the old one,’ resident says
By Sarah El Deeb
Location of a 4.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the Eastern Mediterranean region on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
February 22, 2023, 12:15 pm
4.5-magnitude tremor felt in Israel amid uptick in seismic activity
Following small quake 48 hours earlier, Geological Institute reports new temblor’s epicenter 81 kilometers northwest of coastal city of Nahariya
By ToI Staff
Children, displaced as a result of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this month, play football outside a tent at a make shift camp in Bustan al-Basha neighborhood in the government-held northern city of Aleppo, Syria, on February 20, 2023. (LOUAI BESHARA/AFP)
February 20, 2023, 9:04 pm
Tremor felt across Israel as another quake shakes Turkey-Syria border
6.4-magnitude temblor strikes Hatay, Southern Turkey, triggering tsunami warning; Israel Geological Institute confirms shake recorded shortly after 7 p.m.
By Ash Obel and AFP
A rescue worker walks past partially collapsed buildings in the city of Antakya on February 19, 2023. (Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP)
February 20, 2023, 6:55 am
Turkish rescue effort winds down as Blinken announces new aid
Operations to find survivors two weeks after 7.8 magnitude quake shut down in all provinces apart from two; death toll rises to 44,377, including those killed in Syria
By Gregory WALTON and Leon Bruneau
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southeast Turkey, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region, on February 8, 2023. (Adem ALTAN / AFP)
February 19, 2023, 6:22 pm
Collapsed buildings shake Erdogan’s chances in May elections, if they take place
Turkish president already faced political headwinds amid economic woes; the deadly earthquake scrambles the race, as he seeks to overcome accusations of corruption
By Lazar Berman
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