Feb 16 Syrian death toll from earthquake likely to rise, UN official says By Omar Akour, Associated Press A United Nations official says the death toll from the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake is likely to rise as teams scramble to remove rubble in hard-hit areas. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 2:57 Criticism over lax construction standards grows 10 days after Turkey and Syria earthquake By Alexis Cox and Peter Smith, Independent Television News More stories have emerged of extraordinary rescues amid the rubble in Turkey and Syria more than a week after the catastrophic earthquake. At the same time, more and more questions are being asked about manmade failures and how they added… Continue watching
Feb 14 Watch 2:47 Frustration mounts, hope for finding survivors wanes as earthquake death toll tops 40,000 By Amna Nawaz, Cai Pigliucci The death toll from the earthquake in Syria and Turkey has topped 40,000. Some 35,000 of those killed were in Turkey, making it the country's worst disaster in a century. At the same time, a few flickers of life are… Continue watching
Feb 14 As death toll continues to rise, quake already deadliest in Turkey’s modern history By Sarah El Deeb, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Bernat Armangué, Andrew Wilks, Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that more than 35,000 people have died in Turkey as a result of last week's earthquakes, making it the deadliest such disaster since the country's founding 100 years ago. Continue reading
Feb 14 Struggle to receive, distribute aid to Turkey and Syria after earthquake By Sarah El Deeb, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Bernat Armangué, Associated Press The situation was particularly desperate in Syria, where a 12-year civil war has complicated relief efforts and meant days of wrangling over how to even move aid into the country, let alone distribute it. Continue reading
Feb 13 Watch 2:52 Victims found alive in rubble a week after earthquake that killed 37,000 in Turkey, Syria By Jane Ferguson, Jorgen Samso, Huseyin Aldemir, Tommy Walters The official death count from the earthquake in Turkey and Syria has now topped 37,000. But a week after the disaster and against all odds, a few people are still being found alive in the wreckage. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson… Continue watching
Feb 13 Watch 7:16 Earthquake victims in rebel-held area of Syria left without aid, rescue operations By Jane Ferguson, Jorgen Samso, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrián Aranda In Syria, the earthquake brutalized a community that has already suffered more than a decade of war. Rebel-held provinces in the country's northwest now face a double disaster: the deadly quake and little to no outside help. Special correspondent Jane… Continue watching
Feb 13 Rescues wind down in Turkey, Syria after devastating earthquake By Mehmet Guzel, Suzan Fraser, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press While stories of near-miraculous rescues have flooded the airwaves in recent days, tens of thousands of dead have been found during the same period. Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch 5:04 Rescuers face increasingly long odds as death toll soars in Turkey and Syria By Jane Ferguson, Jorgen Samso, Huseyin Aldemir, Lorna Baldwin, Harry Zahn The death toll from last week's earthquakes in Turkey and Syria is now above 33,000, as rescue teams recover more and more bodies from beneath the rubble. Officials say the number of dead will very likely grow much higher. As… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 6:06 Earthquake deepens need for humanitarian aid in Syria and Turkey By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Sarah Clune Hartman The devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria have left more than 5 million people without homes, compounding the region's humanitarian disaster. Ayham Taha, of the international humanitarian organization CARE, joins John Yang from southeastern Turkey to discuss what survivors need… Continue watching