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EU to host donor conference on Syria, Turkey quake aid 08 Feb 2023 - 09:08 pm
Women react as they wait for a rescue team next to their collapsed building in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, on February 8, 2023. (AFP)
Twitter down in Turkey as quake response criticism mounts 08 Feb 2023 - 08:23 pm
Turkey has a history of restricting social media networks during national emergencies. ANGELA WEISS / AFP
Erdogan acknowledges 'shortcomings' in quake response 08 Feb 2023 - 07:52 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southeast Turkey, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region on February 8, 2023. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Iraq jails YouTuber, TikToker over 'indecent' videos 08 Feb 2023 - 07:51 pm
The building of the Supreme Judicial Council, Iraq's top court, Baghdad, Iraq, on January 19, 2022.  File photo / AFP
Syrian man digs for 30 relatives buried by quake 08 Feb 2023 - 07:36 pm
A Syrian man sits amidst the rubble as he waits for new about family members stuck under the wreckage in the town of Harim in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Turkey, on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
More survivors found as Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 11,700 08 Feb 2023 - 06:59 pm
People search for missing relatives in the rubble of a collapsed building in the southeastern Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, on February 8, 2023, two days after a strong earthquake struck the region. (Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP)
Syria's White Helmets rescuers urge international quake help 08 Feb 2023 - 04:54 pm
Algerian rescue teams take part in the search and rescue operations in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on February 8, 2023, two days after a deadly earthquake struck Syria and Turkey.   (Photo by AFP)
Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000 08 Feb 2023 - 04:44 pm
 A Syrian man carries the body of a child on February 7, 2023, Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP
Syria requests EU help for quake relief 08 Feb 2023 - 02:33 pm
Russian rescue personnel search for survivors and victims under the rubble of a collapsed building in the town of Jableh in Syria's northwestern province of Latakia. (Photo by AFP)
Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 7,800 as rescuers battle cold 08 Feb 2023 - 07:57 am
This handout photograph released by Maxar Technologies on February 7, 2023, shows a satellite image taken of Islahiye in south-eastern Turkey on February 7, 2023 (Photo by Handout / Satellite image 2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
US says helping quake-hit Syria, will do more in Turkey 08 Feb 2023 - 12:31 am
People react they wait near a search and rescue operation following an earthquake in Gaziantep, Turkey, February 7, 2023. (REUTERS/Cagla Gurdogan)
Quake imperils cross-border aid to Syria: UN 07 Feb 2023 - 11:37 pm
Syrian children look out of the window of a tent window at an emergency shelter in the center of the city of Maarat Misrin, in the rebel-held northern part of the northwestern Idlib province one day after a deadly earthquake hit Syria and Turkey, on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Abdulaziz Ketaz / AFP)
UAE, Saudi Arabia pledge quake relief to Syria, Turkey 07 Feb 2023 - 10:39 pm
Earthquake survivors gather to collect supplies at a diaper distribution in Hatay on February 7, 2023, a day after a 7,8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's southeast. (Photo by BULENT KILIC / AFP)
Turkey-Syria quake toll tops 7,300 as rescuers battle cold 07 Feb 2023 - 08:29 pm
Rescuers search the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following an earthquake, on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
In a first, Egypt's Sisi calls Syria's Assad after quake 07 Feb 2023 - 08:10 pm
An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Besnaya in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following an earthquake, on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Omar Haj Kadour / AFP)
Iran unveils underground base for fighter jets 07 Feb 2023 - 05:32 pm
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Army office on February 7, 2023 shows Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Army Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi (right) and Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri (centre) visiting Iran's first underground military air base in an undisclosed location. (Photo by Iranian Army office / AFP) 
Erdogan declares state of emergency in 10 quake-hit provinces 07 Feb 2023 - 03:36 pm
Civilians look for survivors under the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaras, close to the quake's epicentre. (Photo by Adem Altan / AFP)
Quake impacts cross-border aid to Syria: UN 07 Feb 2023 - 03:21 pm
Syrian rescue workers gather amidst collapsed buildings on February 6, 2022 in the town of Sarmada, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province, as a search operation continues following a deadly earthquake. - At least 1,400 people were killed and 3,411 injured across Syria today in an earthquake that had its epicentre in southwestern Turkey, the government and rescuers said. (Photo by AAREF WATAD / AFP)