Qatar’s emir says he was puzzled by the delay in delivering aid to victims in Syria of last month’s earthquake, adding that it was wrong to abuse humanitarian aid for political purposes. Qatar was among several regional states that backed rebels in Syria’s civil war, which has been...

Five digital activists have created a website to help provide shelter to survivors of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey that left millions homeless amid freezing winter temperatures. Just 48 hours after the earthquake reduced cities to rubble, Avi Schiffmann built TakeShelter, a site that...

The death toll from devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye last month has risen to 45,968, the country’s interior minister said on Saturday. Suleyman Soylu said the death toll includes 4,267 Syrians as well. On Feb. 6, magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 quakes struck 11 Turkish provinces –...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated on Wednesday that his government still intends to hold elections a month earlier than scheduled despite an earthquake last month that devastated parts of southern Turkey. In an address to legislators of his ruling party, Erdogan chided critics...