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'Abandoned': Turkish town awaits help 11 days after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 10:56 pm
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Turkey rescues two 11 days after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 10:53 pm
A local resident, whose loved ones are still under the rubble, wander near the collapsed buildings in Hatay on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP)
Turkey rescues girl from rubble 248 hours after quake 16 Feb 2023 - 03:18 pm
The uncle of Aleyna Olmez (C), reacts after the 17-year-old woman was rescued from a collapsed building, 248 hours after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake which struck parts of Turkey and Syria, in Kahramanmaras on February 16, 2023. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Lebanese protesters smash bank facades as crisis bites 16 Feb 2023 - 02:49 pm
A Lebanese protester flashes the V-sign for victory and shouts slogans as others vandalise banks in Beirut on February 16, 2023 (Photo by Joseph Eid / AFP)
Turkey detains man trying to kidnap baby after quake: report 16 Feb 2023 - 11:28 am
A local resident, whose loved ones are still under the rubble, wander near the collapsed buildings in Hatay on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Bulent Kilic / AFP)
Turkey marathon TV show raises $6 billion for earthquake victims 16 Feb 2023 - 11:14 am
TOPSHOT - A cat sits on an armchair in a heavily damaged living room of a collapsed building in Hatay on February 15, 2023, nine days after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Cows, cars and hot bread: Turks rally to help quake victims 15 Feb 2023 - 07:13 pm
Quake-hit displaced people wait in a line to receive food at Islahiye Atatürk Stadium in Islahiye near Gaziantep on February 14, 2023, a week after a deadly earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Zein Al RIFAI / AFP)
Quake relief reaches Syria through newly opened crossing 14 Feb 2023 - 07:05 pm
Vehicles carrying the first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria, arrive through the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
UN appeals for nearly $400 mn for Syria quake victims 14 Feb 2023 - 06:57 pm
An employee works on an order of custom-made cold weather sleeping bags to be donated for earthquake relief, at the Palestinian Super-Tex al-Saafin textile factory in Hebron city in the occupied West Bank, on February 14, 2023. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Syria to open two border crossings for quake aid: UN chief 14 Feb 2023 - 12:55 am
This handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) meeting with Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, in the capital Damascus on February 13, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
Newborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health 13 Feb 2023 - 09:31 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
'Are we going to die?': Trauma haunts Turkish kids after quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:42 pm
Turkish soldiers patrol next to collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras on February 13, 2023, as rescue teams continue to search for victims and survivors, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Sudan sends aid flight to quake-hit Syria 13 Feb 2023 - 07:55 pm
Displaced Syrians take refuge at the Sultan Ibrahim Mosque in the regime-controlled town of Jableh, northwest of the capital Damascus, on February 12, 2023 following a deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Karim Sahib / AFP)
Turkey’s earthquakes paralyze third of steel production capacity 13 Feb 2023 - 04:50 pm
This photograph shows a teddy bear on the rubble of a collapsed building on February 12, 2023 in Kahramanmaras, as rescue teams starts to wind down their work after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
As survival window closes, more rescued in quake in Turkey 13 Feb 2023 - 11:10 am
People stand on top of rubble of collapsed buildings during rescue operations in Hatay on February 12, 2023, after a 7,8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Miracle rescues a week after Turkey-Syria quake 13 Feb 2023 - 08:12 am
Relatives sit on top of rubble of collapsed buildings, as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)
Assad may consider more border crossings for Syria quake aid: WHO 12 Feb 2023 - 10:09 pm
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on February 11, 2023, shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (right) and first lady Asma al-Assad (left) visiting families affected by the earthquake, at the Basil Al-Assad Center for Educational Training in Latakia, on February 11, 2023. (Photo by SANA / AFP) 
Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000 12 Feb 2023 - 09:51 pm
Relatives warm up around a fire in front of rubble of collapsed buildings as rescue teams continue to search victims and survivors, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week, in Kahramanmaras on February 12, 2023. (Photo by Ozan Kose / AFP)