Tag: Earthquake

People walk past rubble of damaged buildings, in the aftermath of the earthquake, in Aleppo, Syria

Turkey and Syria Earthquake death toll passes 15,000

Zauqi Farooqi - February 9, 2023
Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria have killed more than 15,000 people so far. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday's "shortcomings" in relief and rescue work. Erdogan visited one of the worst-hit areas of the earthquake. In relief work in...
Turkey and Syria Earthquake rescue work moves slowly as death toll passes 5,000

Turkey and Syria Earthquake rescue work moves slowly as death toll passes 5,000

THE ASIA LIVE - February 7, 2023
ANTAKYA, Turkey Overwhelmed rescuers struggled to save people trapped under the rubble as the death toll from a devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria rose past 5,000 on Tuesday, with despair mounting and the scale of the disaster hampering relief...