[ad_1] Another powerful earthquake has struck Turkey’s Hatay province which was devastated by a massive tremor two week ago. Turkey’s disaster management agency, AFAD, said the magnitude 6.4-earthquake was centered around the town of Defne, in Hatay province. NTV television said the quake caused some damaged buildings to collapse, butContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other organisations, involved in rescue and relief operations in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria under “Operation Dost” and appreciated their efforts. Lauding the efforts of the NDRF teams, he noted thatContinue Reading
[ad_1] Damascus: Syria has urged the United Nations to take necessary measures to deter Israel’s attacks and hold it accountable after a deadly Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. “When Syria was trying to heal its wounds, bury its martyrs, and receive condolences, sympathy, and international humanitarian supportContinue Reading
[ad_1] Dubai’s Global Village A huge, multi-cultural theme park, Global Village in Dubai has announced that 15 percent of entry tickets sold on Sunday, February 19, will be donated to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, local media reported. 15 per cent of its proceeds will be donated to theContinue Reading
[ad_1] United Nations: The world body is continuing its cross-border aid delivery into Northwest Syria in the aftermath of the massive earthquakes, a UN spokesman has said. Twenty-two trucks carrying aid from the World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) crossed the Bab Al-Hawa crossing from Turkey, XinhuaContinue Reading
[ad_1] United Nations: Indian peacekeepers deployed in Syria have responded to the plight of earthquake victims in that country by ferrying relief sent by India through devastated areas. Indian peacekeepers drove a convoy of four vehicles from Camp Faouar in the Golan Heights to Aleppo to deliver the aid onContinue Reading
[ad_1] Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Wednesday ordered the provision of an additional sum of 50 million dollars for the relief of those affected by the earthquake in Syria. According to Emirates News Agency (WAM), 20 million dollars of theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Photo: AFP New Delhi: A group of volunteers from Bengaluru has sent relief material for the earthquake victims of Turkiye and Syria via the Turkish embassy in New Delhi. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkiye and neighbouring Syria on February 6 and the large aftershocks that followed destroyed thousandsContinue Reading
[ad_1] Ruqaya Mohammed Mustafa stood next to her few remaining neighbours and the heaped piles they once called home and wearily welcomed the first visitors she had seen since the earthquake last week. All this time, she and the people of Jindires, in northern Syria, had been begging for help.Continue Reading
[ad_1] Photo: AFP The United Nations said that more than seven million children were affected by the devastating earthquake that struck in southern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Monday and also expressed concern over the killing of “several thousand” others. “In Turkey, the total number of affected children in theContinue Reading