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Top Arab lawmakers visit Syria
Damascus: A delegation of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union visited Damascus, underscoring the importance of bringing Syria back to the Arab fold. Syria’s membership in the Arab League was suspended in 2011 after…
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Turkey, Syria earthquakes: Death toll exceeds 50000
The death toll has not stopped spinning in Turkey and Syria ever since the two devastating earthquakes that hit their land on Monday, February 6, 2023, it has risen to 50,978. In…
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Jordan sends aid convoy to quake-hit Syria
Amman: Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said that the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) has dispatched a 14-truck convoy loaded with medicines, food, blankets and drinking water to quake-hit Syria. The Ministry said in…
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Infectious diseases a near-term concern in quake-hit Turkey, Syria: ECDC
Stockholm: The next two to four weeks may see the emergence and spread of infectious diseases in the quake-hit areas of Turkey and Syria, the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention and…
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Turkey-Syria border suffers 2nd earthquake of 6.4 magnitude
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake at a depth of two km (1.2 miles) struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake hit the town of…
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Operation Dost: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacrts with NDRF personnel
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with the human assistance and disaster relief personnel who were a part of ‘Operation Dost’, in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. (PTI Photo) New…
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PM meets relief teams, lauds their efforts in quake-hit Turkey and Syria
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other organisations, involved in rescue and relief operations in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria…
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Iran condemns Israeli missile attack on Damascus
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has condemned an Israeli missile attack earlier in the day on Syria’s capital Damascus. In a statement published on the Ministry’s website, Kanaani on…
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Syria urges UN to deter Israeli attacks after deadly missile strike
Damascus: Syria has urged the United Nations to take necessary measures to deter Israel’s attacks and hold it accountable after a deadly Israeli missile attack on the Syrian capital Damascus. “When Syria…
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Global Village to donate 15% ticket proceeds to quake-hit Syria, Turkey
A huge, multi-cultural theme park, Global Village in Dubai has announced that 15 percent of entry tickets sold on Sunday, February 19, will be donated to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria,…
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US says IS commander killed, troops wounded in NE Syria raid
Beirut: The US military said Friday a helicopter raid led by its forces in northeast Syria left a senior leader with the Islamic State group dead and four American service members wounded.…
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UN continues cross-border aid to earthquake-hit Syria
United Nations: The world body is continuing its cross-border aid delivery into Northwest Syria in the aftermath of the massive earthquakes, a UN spokesman has said. Twenty-two trucks carrying aid from the…
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Indian peacekeepers in Syria ferry earthquake relief supplies to victims
United Nations: Indian peacekeepers deployed in Syria have responded to the plight of earthquake victims in that country by ferrying relief sent by India through devastated areas. Indian peacekeepers drove a convoy…
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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Clothes donated for victims burned in Germany
In an arson attack in the German city of Recklinhausen, Monday, February 13, 2023, people set fire to clothes worth thousands of dollars donated to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, local…
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UAE President orders additional $50m in quake aid to Syria
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) President, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Wednesday ordered the provision of an additional sum of 50 million dollars for the relief of those…
