Governments and international organizations around the world have offered support after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey and northwest Syria. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said early Monday that 45 countries had offered to help with search and rescue efforts. Below is a list of some of those declarations of support: United States of america […]
According to the US Geological Survey, only three earthquakes above 6.0 on the Richter scale have been recorded in the region since 1970. But in 1822, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the region, killing an estimated 20,000 people. How bad was this earthquake? On average, there are fewer than 20 earthquakes greater than magnitude 7.0 […]
US President Joe Biden said on Monday that his administration is working closely with Turkey, authorizing Washington’s immediate response to the devastating earthquake there. The earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands in Turkey and northwest Syria, leveling apartment blocks and inflicting more destruction on Syrian cities already devastated by years of war.
The Syrian health ministry reported damage in the provinces of Aleppo, Latakia, Hama and Tartus, where Russia is leasing a naval facility. AFP correspondents in northern Syria said terrified residents ran out of their homes after the ground shook. Even before the tragedy, buildings in Aleppo – Syria’s pre-war commercial center – often collapsed due […]
An oil industry source told Reuters the KRG was pumping 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) and Iraq’s federal government was pumping 75,000 bpd through the pipeline. An MNR statement said oil exports would resume “after careful inspection of pipelines is finalised”. Most upstream oil producers have several days of storage capacity, so KRG production should […]
The rescue was hampered by a winter blizzard which covered major roads with ice and snow. Officials said the quake disabled three major airports in the region, further complicating the delivery of vital aid. ‘ran for the door’ The US Geological Survey said the first quake struck at 04:17 a.m. (0117 GMT) at a depth […]
In Afrin, a Syrian opposition-held city, rescue workers from the White Helmets response organization searched for people trapped in a collapsed building in the pre-dawn darkness. Only by torchlight did they pull out a man in a white vest and black pants from the wreckage and take him for medical treatment. In the border town […]
Turkey Earthquake: International Support and Offers of Assistance
Massive earthquake in Turkey, Syria in frame
A powerful earthquake struck northern and western Syria early Monday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds, state media said, as rescuers battled heavy rain and sleet and searched for survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings. are doing. State news agency SANA said more than 100 people were killed and more than 200 wounded in the […]
At least 10 people have been killed in Turkey after earthquakes rocked the country’s south and northern Syria, two local Turkish officials said. The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said the quake occurred near the southern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras at a depth of 10 km (6 mi), while the EMSC monitoring service said […]
Earlier on Thursday, Ankara strongly condemned the anti-Islamist group’s plans, saying it was a “provocative act”, a Turkish foreign ministry source said after the ministry asked the demonstrations to be called off Was. Norway’s Foreign Ministry said that Turkey had raised the issue of planned demonstrations in a meeting. A spokesperson for the ministry said, […]
