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  • Turkey earthquake: Saudi women found dead under rubble in Antakya

    Turkey earthquake: Saudi women found dead under rubble in Antakya

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    Ankara: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Turkey announced, on Friday, the death of a Saudi citizen under the rubble in one of the collapsed residential buildings in the two devastating earthquakes in the Turkish city of Antakya.

    The Charge d’Affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Turkey, Muhammad Al-Harbi, announced, “The body of the deceased citizen was removed from under the rubble, and she was identified by her relatives, and she will be buried in Turkey.”

    Al-Harbi said that a team from the embassy received the report from the three of the citizen’s daughters, and then proceeded to search for her under the rubble of the building she was in.

    Al-Harbi added that the late Saudi women had Turkish relatives and lived in Turkey. She was 51-year-old. He said her daughters choose to bury their mother in Turkey.

    On Monday, the Saudi Embassy in Turkey announced the evacuation of 45 Saudi citizens from the earthquake-affected areas through Adana Airport.

    The earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which occurred on Monday, with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6, caused the collapse of thousands of buildings and residential homes, and resulted in the injury and death of thousands of citizens.

    As of Saturday evening, the death toll from the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria has risen to more than 26,000, while the number of injured has reached more than 80,000.



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  • NASA satellites are helping Turkey, Syria earthquake response

    NASA satellites are helping Turkey, Syria earthquake response

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    Washington: After the massive earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and western Syria on February 6 and killed thousands, NASA on Saturday said it is working to share its aerial views and data from space to aid relief and recovery workers, as well as improve its ability to model and predict such events.

    Scenes collected before and after the earthquake were used by a team of scientists from the Earth Observatory of Singapore and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to create something called a damage proxy map for Turkey.

    These maps compare before and after radar images of a given event to see how the landscape has changed.

    “NASA’s hearts and minds are with those impacted by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.

    “NASA is our eyes in the sky, and our teams of experts are working hard to provide valuable information from our Earth-observing fleet to first responders on the ground,” he added.

    One of NASA’s key capabilities is an expertise with synthetic aperture radar, or SAR.

    Viewing Earth in all weather conditions, day or night, SAR is used to measure how the ground moves and built landscape changes after this type of event.

    “We don’t know everyone who is using this information or how, but we are fortunate to have heard back from a few groups. For instance, the World Central Kitchen – which is providing food to those who’ve been displaced – have let us know they make use of it,” said Lori Schultz, NASA’s disaster coordinator for this earthquake.

    In addition to assessing damage, NASA scientists use space- and ground-based observations to improve the agency’s ability to understand related events that cascade from the original natural disaster.

    While not in use yet, NASA scientists are hoping to add a new tool to assess the aftermath of the quake.

    The Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation, or EMIT, instrument was launched to the International Space Station in July 2022.

    As part of its observations of the composition of material in Earth’s atmosphere, it can assess methane emissions.

    When passing over the earthquake site, measurements of increased or new emissions could point to events not otherwise easily spotted from space.

    As search and rescue efforts continued for a sixth straight day on Saturday to find more survivors, the number of people killed following the devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6 has reached at least 23,831.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Syria says US claims to waive sanctions for earthquake relief ‘misleading’

    Syria says US claims to waive sanctions for earthquake relief ‘misleading’

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    Damascus: The US’ latest move to ease the sanctions imposed on Syria to support earthquake relief efforts is “misleading and aims to give a false humanitarian impression,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

    On Thursday, the US Treasury Department issued a so-called six-month sanctions exemption for Syria-bound humanitarian aid, saying the US sanctions in Syria “will not stand in the way” of live-saving efforts.

    The Syrian Ministry responded in the statement on Friday that the US’ decision “stipulates alleged exemptions for humanitarian purposes, and the facts on the ground proved its falsehood”.

    The US’ coercive measures and US’ policies have deprived the Syrian people of their natural wealth, it added, urging the US to end immediately, without hesitation, conditions or exceptions, the sanctions and to stop its cruel practices and violations of international law and the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, Xinhua news agency reported.

    The Syrian government has repeatedly said that the sanctions were unjust and targeted the livelihoods and the well-being of the Syrian people, particularly after the earthquake that hit the country on Monday.

    According to figures released by the Syrian Health Ministry on Friday, Syria’s death toll from the Monday earthquakes rose to 1,387 and the injuries to 2,326.

    Meanwhile, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said that the earthquake in Syrian government and rebel-held areas had killed 4,500 people.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Fifth day: Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake exceeds 24300

    Fifth day: Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake exceeds 24300

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    On the fifth day, the chances of finding more survivors under the rubble are fading after the catastrophe of Turkey and Syria earthquake that struck on Monday, February 6, and the series of aftershocks that killed 24,352, people and injured 79,487.

    The death toll, which is escalating with the passage of minutes, has risen to 20,213, dead and more than 74,000 injured in Turkey, and in Syria in general, to 4,139, dead and 5,685 injured.

    Meanwhile, aftershocks continue, following the earthquakes, as their number reached more than 1,117.

    It is noteworthy that the two earthquakes that struck southern Turkey, on Monday, were of magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale.

    Rescue workers have been fighting around the clock since then, but with each passing hour the chances of finding survivors under the rubble diminish, especially in Syria

    As per media reports, the authorities in Turkey and Syria said that the number of victims and injured is likely to rise due to the continuation of rescue operations and the search for survivors.

    The earthquake, which is one of the deadliest earthquakes in the world in more than a decade, destroyed thousands of buildings, buried entire families under the rubble, and displaced hundreds of thousands.

    After 101 hours of being trapped under the rubble, a 36-year-old earthquake survivor reunites with her husband in the southern Turkish province of Hatay.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Fifth day: Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake exceeds 24000

    Fifth day: Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake exceeds 24000

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    On the fifth day, the chances of finding more survivors under the rubble are fading after the catastrophe of Turkey and Syria earthquake that struck on Monday, February 6, and the series of aftershocks that killed 24,014, people and injured 79,487.

    The death toll, which is escalating with the passage of minutes, has risen to 19,875, dead and more than 74,000 injured in Turkey, and in Syria in general, to 4,139, dead and 5,685 injured.

    Meanwhile, aftershocks continue, following the earthquakes, as their number reached more than 1,117.

    It is noteworthy that the two earthquakes that struck southern Turkey, on Monday, were of magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale.

    Rescue workers have been fighting around the clock since then, but with each passing hour the chances of finding survivors under the rubble diminish, especially in Syria

    As per media reports, the authorities in Turkey and Syria said that the number of victims and injured is likely to rise due to the continuation of rescue operations and the search for survivors.

    The earthquake, which is one of the deadliest earthquakes in the world in more than a decade, destroyed thousands of buildings, buried entire families under the rubble, and displaced hundreds of thousands.

    After 101 hours of being trapped under the rubble, a 36-year-old earthquake survivor reunites with her husband in the southern Turkish province of Hatay.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Emirates to send emergency aid to victims of Turkey-Syria earthquake

    Emirates to send emergency aid to victims of Turkey-Syria earthquake

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    Abu Dhabi: In the wake of the catastrophic earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that hit the countries on Monday, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines is setting up an airbridge withthe Dubai International Humanitarian City (IHC),to transport as much as 100 tonnes of crucial aid to survivors.

    An air bridge is being established to transport urgent relief supplies, medical materials and equipment over the next two weeks to support the assistance efforts on the ground and search and rescue activities in both countries, Emirates said.

    The first shipments are due to go out on Friday, consisting of high thermal blankets and family tents, medical kits and shelter items.

    In the coming days, more consignments of blankets, tents, shelter kits, flash lights, water distribution ramps and trauma and emergency health kits will be transported on Emirates.

    Emirates SkyCargo plans to dedicate cargo space for around 100 tonnes of humanitarian relief goods over the course of the next two weeks across its daily flight operations to Istanbul.

    The critical emergency supplies carried on Emirates will then be delivered by local organizations to affected areas in southern Turkey and northern Syria, supporting on-ground responders and providing much needed aid to the hundreds of thousands of people impacted by the earthquakes.

    The new aid mission is the latest step in the UAE’s efforts to support the affected countries.

    Earlier on February 7, UAE pledged $100 million to Syria and Turkey. following a massive earthquake that killed more than 23,000 people across both countries.

    The 50-bed UAE hospital, which is equipped with a CAT scanner and an X-ray machine, arrived at Gaziantep Airport on Wednesday.

    Turkey’s ambassador to the UAE said on Wednesday that the field hospital will be set up in Hatay province.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Turkey-Syria earthquake instills hope; survivors found after 100 hrs

    Turkey-Syria earthquake instills hope; survivors found after 100 hrs

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    Although it has been four days since the two powerful earthquakes that shook southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday, February 6, hope for survivors is still not lost, as many people have survived under the rubble, even after waiting for help for more than 100 hours.

    The camera lenses have documented remarkable rescue stories that have been described as miraculous, and below are some of these highlight stories.

    On Friday, Anadolu Agency and TRT Haber Canli’s account on Twitter published a set of videos documenting the rescue operations of survivors of the devastating earthquake after 100 hours.

    Anadolu Agency wrote in a tweet, “60-year-old man was pulled out alive from the rubble of a collapsed building, in another miraculous rescue in southern Turkey 104 hours after powerful earthquakes shook the region.”

    In another tweet, Anadolu Agency wrote, “A toddler and his seven-year-old brother are rescued from the debris in Hatay province 105 hours after earthquakes shake southern Turkey.”

    A 32-years-old man was pulled out alive from under the rubble of a collapsed building after 100 hours had passed in Hatay province.

    3.5-year-old Zeynep Ela was pulled out from debris in Hatay province, 103 hours after earthquakes shook Turkey.

    A newborn baby and her mother was pulled alive from quake debris in Turkey.

    A 30-year-old Turkish civil engineer was pulled out after 101 hours.

    A mother and her son were pulled out in Diyarbakir and another person in Hatay from under the rubble 100 hours after the earthquake.

    It is noteworthy that the two earthquakes that struck southern Turkey, on Monday, were of magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale.

    According to the Turkish Disaster Management Authority, 19,388, bodies have been recovered from under the rubble so far, while 3,162 bodies have been officially counted in Syria, bringing the death toll to 20,296.



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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Fifth day: Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake exceeds 23000

    Fifth day: Death toll from Turkey-Syria earthquake exceeds 23000

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    On the fifth day, the chances of finding more survivors under the rubble are fading after the catastrophe of Turkey and Syria earthquake that struck on Monday, February 6, and the series of aftershocks that killed 23,028 people and injured 79,487.

    The death toll, which is escalating with the passage of minutes, has risen to 18,991, dead and more than 74,000 injured in Turkey, and in Syria in general, to 4,037, dead and 5,685 injured.

    Meanwhile, aftershocks continue, following the earthquakes, as their number reached more than 1,117.

    It is noteworthy that the two earthquakes that struck southern Turkey, on Monday, were of magnitudes of 7.7 and 7.6 on the Richter scale.

    Rescue workers have been fighting around the clock since then, but with each passing hour the chances of finding survivors under the rubble diminish, especially in Syria

    As per media reports, the authorities in Turkey and Syria said that the number of victims and injured is likely to rise due to the continuation of rescue operations and the search for survivors.

    The earthquake, which is one of the deadliest earthquakes in the world in more than a decade, destroyed thousands of buildings, buried entire families under the rubble, and displaced hundreds of thousands.

    After 101 hours of being trapped under the rubble, a 36-year-old earthquake survivor reunites with her husband in the southern Turkish province of Hatay.



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  • Special Prayers Organised Across Kashmir For Turkey, Syria Earthquake Victims

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    SRINAGAR: Prayers were organised in all the major mosques, shrines and imambarahs of the valley including the historic Central Jamia Masjid Srinagar, for those who lost their lives in the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week.

    The devastation following the massive earthquake continues to spread, as the death toll in Turkey and Syria crosses 21,000.

    At Jama Masjid Srinagar, the prayers were led by Imam Hai Moulana Ahmad Saeed Naqshbandi, who on behalf of the people of Kashmir, expressed sympathy and solidarity with the people of Turkiye and Syria and prayed for eternal peace to the departed souls and speedy recovery to those injured.

    He also expressed strong resentment against the authorities for keeping the valley’s top religious leader Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continuously under detention for the last three and a half years, and termed it extremely unfortunate and condemnable, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid said in a statement.

    He said that due to the continued detention of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, the mimbar-o-mihrab (pulpit) of the Central Jama Masjid has been constantly silent for all these years and he is also unable to discharge his religious duties towards the people.

    Imam Naqshbandi appealed to the authorities to end the prolonged and unjustified detention of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir and release him before Shab-e-Mehraj-ul-Nabi- PBUH.

    On the occasion, the people who had come from various parts of the valley to perform Friday prayers in the Jama Masjid also expressed great anger against the continued detention of Mirwaiz and protested against the ‘dictatorial behaviour of the authorities’, the statement added.

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  • PM Modi saved India from earthquake by shifting tectonic plates to Turkey and Syria overnight

    PM Modi saved India from earthquake by shifting tectonic plates to Turkey and Syria overnight

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    The earthquakes that ripped across southern Turkey and northern Syria in the small hours of February 6th were among the most devastating of this century. This horrifying impact stems largely from shoddy construction practices and from the timing of the quake, which occurred while people were sleeping.

     

    This earthquake could have hit India if PM Modi hadn’t taken right steps at the right time. Due to its location near the intersection of two significant tectonic plates, India could have been hit by the earthquake of very high magnitude if PM Modi hadn’t saved India by shifting the tectonic plates to other country overnight.

     

    Reportedly, the opposition has alleged that Modi is behind the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. Intel input suggests that AI based chat app, ChatGPT had predicted earthquake in India after which PM Modi ordered shifting of tectonic plates to some other place overnight. PM Modi used his experience from of one of the deadliest earthquakes that hit Bhuj part of Gujarat when he was CM.

     

    Soon after it was revealed that PM Modi saved India by shifting the tectonic plates to Turkey, the parliament resounded with the “Modi Modi” chant.

     

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