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Rescuers find more alive in Turkey on 8th day after quake

ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — Rescuers on Tuesday were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the devastating quakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart on Feb. 6 in southeastern...

Survivors still being found as quake death toll tops 28,000

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Ibrahim Zakaria lost track of time drifting into and out of consciousness while trapped for nearly five days in the rubble of his home following the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria this week. The 23-year-old cellphone shop worker from the Syrian town...

UN aid convoy enters into northwestern Syria

A UN aid convoy entered into northwestern Syria on Friday, coincided with the entry of several aid convoys in belonging to charitable associations from the Bab Al-Hawa border crossing in Idlib region. Mazen Alloush, media director at Bab al-Hawa crossing, told Zaman al-Wasl that "the UN...

Fundraisers for Syria, Turkey earthquake try to deliver aid

NEW YORK (AP) — Humanitarian groups working in southern Turkey and northwest Syria warn that Monday's earthquake will have a “long tail” — a wide range of needs that will require donations for months, or even years, after the rescue and recovery missions end. Among the worst in...