Jordan’s Foreign Ministry says that the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) has dispatched a 14-truck convoy loaded with medicines, food, blankets and drinking water to quake-hit Syria. The ministry said in a statement that the [Read More]
A United Nations Development Program (UNDP) official on Tuesday estimated that 1.5 million people in Türkiye have been left homeless by the recent earthquakes and some 500,000 housing units in the country will have to [Read More]
When the massive earthquakes rocked Syria’s northern city of Aleppo on Feb. 6, many people became homeless once again. Many are forced to find new residences for their families. The rich could choose to go [Read More]
Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry on Monday said it appreciates the position of the Saudi foreign minister on encouraging dialogue with Syria to address the return of refugees, Elnashra news website reported. Lebanon’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [Read More]
Syria on Sunday urged the United Nations to take necessary measures to deter Israel’s attacks and hold it accountable after a deadly Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. “When Syria was trying to [Read More]
The next two to four weeks may see the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in the quake-stricken areas in Türkiye and Syria, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Monday. [Read More]
Romain Jolivet, École normale supérieure (ENS) – PSL and Laurent Jolivet, Sorbonne Université Earthquakes in Syria and Turkey are common, but the magnitude 7.8 that shook the region on 6 February at 4:17am local time [Read More]
Türkiye said on Sunday that at least 10,633 Syrian refugees in the country have returned to their homeland voluntarily after the devastating earthquakes that hit southern Türkiye earlier this month. “Our Syrian brothers, who lost [Read More]
The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday condemned an Israeli missile attack earlier in the day on Syria’s capital Damascus. In a statement published on the ministry’s website, Nasser Kanaani said the continuation of the [Read More]
A total of 275 shelters have been opened across Syria, hosting victims of the earthquake that hit the country on Feb. 6, the ministry of local administration and environment said Sunday. In a short statement, [Read More]
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