Tag: Syria
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Saudi Arabia to invite Syria’s Assad to Arab leaders’ summit, sources say
Assad’s presence at the Arab League summit would mark the most significant development in his rehabilitation within the Arab world since 2011, when Syria was suspended from the organization. Assad was ostracized by many Western and Arab states for his brutal crackdown on protests – violence that led to a protracted civil war. Syria’s return…
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Syria’s Aleppo airport damaged by Israel strike: Defense Ministry
It said “several missiles” were fired from the Mediterranean west of the coastal city of Latakia. Transport ministry official Suleiman Khalil told AFP technicians were assessing the damage. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike “targeted an arms depot belonging to pro-Iranian forces in the airport compound and the perimeter of the airport.”…
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Turkey begins reconstruction for 1.5 million people left homeless by earthquake
It said it had requested $113.5 million of the $1 billion in funds appealed by the United Nations last week, adding that it would focus the money on clearing mountains of debris. UNDP estimates that the disaster produced between 116 million and 210 million tons of debris, compared with 13 million tons of debris after…
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Airstrikes in northwestern Syria kill two in first aerial bombardment since earthquake
At least two people were killed in an airstrike on a motorcycle in rebel-held territory in northwest Syria on Friday, the local civil defense said, the first aerial bombardment in the region since a devastating earthquake nearly three weeks ago. . The rescue force operating in opposition-held parts of Syria said two unidentified people were…
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Turkey speeds up reconstruction plans as earthquake death toll nears 50,000
Turkey has stepped up plans to house victims of the devastating earthquake that hit its border region with Syria, the interior minister said, as the combined death toll in the two countries reached 50,000. Suleyman Soylu said 313,000 tents along with 100,000 container houses have been set up in the disaster zone, which stretches hundreds…
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Appeal to remove Shamima’s citizenship lost
Begum is currently being held in a detention camp in north-eastern Syria. Announcing the tribunal’s decision, Judge Robert Jay said there was a “credible suspicion” that Begum had been taken to Syria for the purposes of “sexual exploitation”, but that the suspicion was insufficient for her appeal to succeed. Begum’s case has been the subject…
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British-born woman who joined Islamic State loses appeal to strip her of her citizenship
A British-born woman who traveled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State has lost her latest appeal against the removal of her UK citizenship, with a judge ruling she was a possible trafficker. There were insufficient grounds to restore his citizenship. The British government revoked Shamima Begum’s British citizenship in 2019 on national…
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Bangladesh rescue team returned from Turkey
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told the Turkish Foreign Minister that Bangladesh is sending an additional 10,000 tents, along with the initial 2000 to Turkey, for earthquake victims. In a phone call to his Turkish counterpart on 15 February, he also requested that he let Bangladesh know if…
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Earthquake deals fresh blow to Syrian medical workers after years of war
As a nurse working near the front lines of the Syrian war, Ibrahim Zidan endured many desperate moments, including when shelling destroyed a hospital, leaving her trapped under rubble. But he says the February 6 earthquake in the area has proved to be the toughest challenge yet for doctors in the rebel-held territory, with health…
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Panic as Turkey, Syria shaken again by 6.3M earthquake
Reuters saw Turkish rescue teams rushing on foot after the latest quake to check on residents, most of whom were living in makeshift tents after tremors two weeks ago. Muna al Omar, a resident, said she was in a tent in a park in central Antakya when the quake struck. “I felt the earth explode…
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Turkey ends earthquake rescue efforts except in two provinces
Cesar said search and rescue efforts continued in about 40 buildings across the provinces for the 14th day, but expected that number to drop by Sunday evening. The agency chief also said that the death toll in Turkey has risen to 40,689. The total death toll including Syria is now 44,377. Turkey’s Vice President Fuat…
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Israeli missile attack kills five in central Damascus
Israel has stepped up attacks on Syrian air bases and air bases in recent months to disrupt Iran’s growing use of air supply lines to deliver weapons to allies in Syria and Lebanon, including Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah. Israeli military experts say the strikes are part of an escalation of the low-intensity conflict aimed at slowing…
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Syrian child born in earthquake, adopted by uncle and aunt
The newborn was later identified as the child of Abdullah and Afrah Malihan, who died in the earthquake along with their other children in the rebel-held town of Jandaris in Syria’s Aleppo province. The infant was treated at Jihan Hospital in Afrin district further west until medics could verify the identities of his relatives. On…
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Desperate for signs of life as death toll crosses 46,000
Turkey’s death toll from the earthquake stands at 40,642, while more than 5,800 people have died in neighboring Syria, a toll that has not changed for several days. Speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, WFP director David Beasley said the Syrian and Turkish governments were cooperating very well, but that…
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Syrian child born in earthquake, adopted by uncle and aunt
“There were legal procedures to confirm the genetic link, as well as DNA testing,” he told Reuters. More than 5,800 people have died across Syria as a result of the February 6 earthquake, largely in the opposition-held north which has already faced bombardment since the conflict began in Syria in 2011. The earthquake killed over…