• Desperate rescues continue in Turkey and Syria as earthquake death toll rises by thousands

    Desperate rescues continue in Turkey and Syria as earthquake death toll rises by thousands

    Feb 07, 2023 11:55 PM EDT

    ... will help our rescue teams all over the -- rescue teams work more efficiently. Amna Nawaz: Mr. Ambassador, we are keeping you and the people of Turkey in our thoughts. We thank you so much for joining us tonight. Hasan Murat Mercan: Thank you. Amna Nawaz: That is Turkey's ambassador ...

  • Earthquake aid pours into Turkey and Syria in race to find survivors

    Earthquake aid pours into Turkey and Syria in race to find survivors

    Feb 07, 2023 03:13 PM EDT

    ... sits on top of major fault lines and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. Some 18,000 were killed in similarly powerful earthquakes that hit northwest Turkey in 1999.Alsayed reported from Azmarin, Syria, while Fraser reported from Ankara, Turkey. Associated Press writers David Rising in Bangkok, Zeynep Bilginsoy and Robert ...

  • Thousands dead in Turkey and Syria after 7.8 magnitude earthquake

    Thousands dead in Turkey and Syria after 7.8 magnitude earthquake

    Feb 06, 2023 11:55 PM EDT

    ... community to support the people of Syria tonight and tomorrow night and then through the rest of the weeks and months ahead. Geoff Bennett: And Turkey, as you know, is facing a collapsing currency, runaway inflation.How is that economic hardship affecting the rescue effort? And how will it affect ...

  • How to help victims of the 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria

    How to help victims of the 7.8 earthquake in Turkey and Syria

    Feb 06, 2023 10:34 PM EDT

    Thousands of buildings were destroyed in the shaking, trapping people in the rubble; thousands of victims have been confirmed dead overall in both countries.

  • What to know about the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria

    What to know about the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria

    Feb 06, 2023 09:29 PM EDT

    Turkey was struck by another major earthquake in January 2020 — a magnitude 6.7 that caused significant damage in the eastern part of the country. In 1999, a 7.4 magnitude quake struck near Istanbul and killed an estimated 18,000 people. Why was this earthquake so devastating? The earthquake ...

  • WATCH: State Department says U.S. will help Turkey, Syria after earthquake

    WATCH: State Department says U.S. will help Turkey, Syria after earthquake

    Feb 06, 2023 05:34 PM EDT

    The U.S. State Department offered its condolences to the people of Turkey and Syria after a power 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed at least 3,400 people in those two countries. Watch the briefing in the player above. "The Department of State is in close contact with our Turkish ...

  • Thousands dead following powerful earthquake in Turkey, Syria

    Thousands dead following powerful earthquake in Turkey, Syria

    Feb 06, 2023 02:28 PM EDT

    ... the country’s rebel-held northwest, groups that operate there said at least 450 people died, with many hundreds injured. Huseyin Yayman, a legislator from Turkey’s Hatay province, said several of his family members were stuck under the rubble of their collapsed homes. “There are so many other people ...

  • WATCH: NATO allies U.S., Turkey meet in Washington amid disagreements on war in Ukraine

    WATCH: NATO allies U.S., Turkey meet in Washington amid disagreements on war in Ukraine

    Jan 18, 2023 09:16 PM EDT

    ... Turkey because of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian direction and policies curbing rights and freedoms. Positioned at the crossroads between East and West, Turkey remains strategically important for Washington. And, as Blinken pointed out, Turkey was key to the agreement between Russia and Ukraine that allowed millions of ...

  • WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks on Blinken's meeting with Turkey's foreign minister

    WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price speaks on Blinken's meeting with Turkey's foreign minister

    Jan 18, 2023 06:11 PM EDT

    ... Turkey because of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian direction and policies curbing rights and freedoms. Positioned at the crossroads between East and West, Turkey remains strategically important for Washington. And, as Blinken pointed out, Turkey was key to the agreement between Russia and Ukraine that allowed millions of ...

  • UN votes to extend critical aid from Turkey to Syria's rebel north

    UN votes to extend critical aid from Turkey to Syria's rebel north

    Jan 09, 2023 09:58 PM EDT

    ... were meant to be temporary. In July 2020, China and Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have maintained two border crossing points from Turkey for humanitarian aid to northwest Idlib. Days later, the delivery of aid was reduced to just the Bab al-Hawa crossing for a year ...