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World / Middle East

Turkey to start building 200,000 homes in March, says Erdogan 20 Feb 2023 - 08:11 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stands with rescue workers as he visits the hard-hit southeastern province of Hatay on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
US reaffirms pledge to deliver jets to Turkey 20 Feb 2023 - 04:48 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister in Ankara, on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Barber tidies up in Turkey quake tent camp 20 Feb 2023 - 12:56 pm
Eighteen-year-old Syrian Mohammed al-Hamo (L) cuts the hair of his 19-year-old brother Sobhi (R) in front of their tent on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake 20 Feb 2023 - 12:05 am
This photograph shows collapsed buildings in the city of Antakya on February 19, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)
Blinken tours Turkey's earthquake zone, pledges $100 million in aid 19 Feb 2023 - 11:03 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu after a helicopter tour of earthquake stricken areas on February 19, 2023, during an official visit after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's south-east.  (Photo by CLODAGH KILCOYNE / POOL / AFP)
Rush to save trapped animals in Turkish city after tremor 19 Feb 2023 - 06:32 pm
A volunteer for the local NGO Haytap tries to lure a cat into a cage in Antakya, south of Turkey, where many animals are trapped in the rubbles after the February 6th earthquake, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Blinken arrives for tour of Turkey's earthquake zone 19 Feb 2023 - 05:30 pm
File Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
Turkey ends quake rescue efforts except in two provinces: official 19 Feb 2023 - 05:14 pm
A man walks atop the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Zein Al Rifai / AFP)
Syrian state media: Israeli airstrikes kill 5 in Damascus 19 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
A handout picture taken and released on February 19, 2023 by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows a damaged building following an Israeli missile strike.
Turkiye quake survivors rescue belongings for uncertain future 19 Feb 2023 - 12:32 pm
Turkish optician Cuneyt Eroglu, 45-year-old, collects glasses and other stuff from his collapsed shop in Antakya on February 18, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)
Qatari Search, Rescue Group conclude operations in southern Turkiye 18 Feb 2023 - 11:42 pm
Peninsula
Turkey: Couple saved 296 hours after quake, but children die 18 Feb 2023 - 11:27 pm
Men look on at the site of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, southeastern Turkey, on February 18, 2023.  (Photo by Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
Al-Qaeda says swapped prisoners with Houthis in Yemen: report 18 Feb 2023 - 08:11 pm
A Houthi supporter looks on as he carries a weapon during a gathering in Sanaa, Yemen on April 2, 2020.
Iran prosecutes woman for 'disrepecting' headscarf 18 Feb 2023 - 07:01 pm
Peninsula
Turkey rescuers save two people 13 days after quake 18 Feb 2023 - 02:24 pm
An officer walks in front of a collapsed building in Antakya, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake 17 Feb 2023 - 10:30 pm
Syrian residents of Hatay city wait to cross the Turkish-Syrian border after they were affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region nearly two weeks ago, at Cilvegozu border gate on February 17, 2023. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Burgers bring bite of normality for Turkey quake survivors 17 Feb 2023 - 05:42 pm
Residents wait in a queue outside a bakery that gives out free bread in Samandag, south of Hatay on February 16, 2023, ten days after a 7.8-magnitude struck the border region of turkey and Syria. (Photo by Yasin Akgul / AFP)
Death toll rises above 41,000 in Turkey, Syria quake 17 Feb 2023 - 12:49 am
An aerial view shows a tractor working on removing debris from a collapsed building in the Syrian rebel-held town of Jindayris on February 15, 2023, following the February 6 earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)