Quake killed more than 50,000 in Turkey, Syria — revised toll
By AFP – Feb 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Rescuers carry on search operations among the rubble of collapsed buildings in the Yesilyurt district of Malatya on Monday (AFP photo) BEIRUT — A […]
Earthquake culture in the Middle East
BY MEHMET FAHRI DANIŞ FEB 24, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Syrian artists, who met in the town of quake-ravaged Jindires, painted the suffering of the people on the wall of […]
Shamima Begum and other British women who joined Islamic State should be brought home, Government terror watchdog says
By GEMMA PARRY PUBLISHED: 01:05 GMT, 27 February 2023 View comments British women including Shamima Begum who opted to join Islamic State should be brought home, according to the government’s terrorism watchdog. Reviewer of terrorism […]
Daniel Craig aka James Bond raises $120M for quake victims
BY DAILY SABAH WITH WIRES ISTANBUL FEB 26, 2023 – EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN Daniel Craig speaks on stage during the National Board Of Review 2023 Awards Gala, New York, U.S., […]
Grief from Türkiye quakes should help transform global disaster response
Türkiye’s catastrophe is an opportunity to improve the international humanitarian system, global financial institutions, as well as the private sector. Türkiye is no stranger to earthquakes. But the massive February […]
IOM Appeals for US$161 Million to Respond to Devastating Earthquake in Türkiye and Syria
By News Desk – February 21, 2023 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched appeals for USD 161 million to provide relief aid to more than 1.4 million people […]
How does aid get into rebel-held northwest Syria?
A woman uses a phone to film collapsed buildings along an alley in the aftermath of the February 6 deadly earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey, in Jindayris in northwestern […]
Turkey hit by two more powerful earthquakes two weeks after disaster
Three killed and 213 injured, government says, after quakes of 6.4 and 5.8 magnitude shake southern province of Hatay Ruth Michaelson in IstanbulMon 20 Feb 2023 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake and a […]
How to be happy again amidst tragedy in Türkiye
BY LEYLA YVONNE ERGIL FEB 19, 2023 – DAILY SABAH EDITED BY BUSE KESKIN Mehmet Toğoğlu, the head of the search and rescue team of the local NGO Haytap, hugs […]
Turkiye’s problems multiply in earthquake’s aftermath
YASAR YAKIS February 19, 2023 A fortnight after the major earthquake that plunged Turkiye into disaster, the government continues to face some potentially insurmountable problems. The first problem is that […]
Asylum cases increased in 2022, not counting Ukrainians
Identities Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) says it received 24,511 asylum applications in 2022, without counting Ukrainians who are eligible for a special protection status.This content was published on February 13, […]
2 UK mosques receive Islamophobic letter after quakes in Türkiye, Syria
BY ANADOLU AGENCY LONDON FEB 17, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A man displays a placard during a protest following the burning of the Quran in Stockholm, outside the Embassy of Sweden […]
Natural Disasters or Divine Punishment?
Hazrat Mirza Tahir AhmadThe Review of Religions, December 1993 [ Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V ] Cataclysms of nature that antedate human existence and sometimes still occur in uninhabited […]
Three radical discourses after Türkiye earthquake
BY BURHANETTIN DURAN FEB 16, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Search and rescue teams search the rubble of collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Feb. 14, 2023. (AFP Photo) Lies on social […]
Right attitude needed in post-quake era: German NGO leader
BY ANADOLU AGENCY ADANA, TÜRKIYE FEB 15, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People and rescue workers stand on the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake in Adana, Türkiye, Feb. […]
Politics dividing East from West — once again
Feb 15,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / MICHAEL JANSEN At a time the entire world community should unite to provide aid to all victims of the massive February 6th earthquakes which […]
Saudi plane carrying aid lands in Syria, first in decade
By AFP – Feb 14,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Humanitarian aid relief packages provided by Saudi Arabia for victims of the February 6 earthquake are unloaded off of an Ilyushin Il-76TD transport aircraft […]
Aid official appeals for politics to be set aside to save lives, ease suffering in quake-hit Syria and Turkiye
01 Quakes couldn’t have come at a worse time 0 seconds of 1 minute, 21 secondsVolume 40% Updated 13 February 2023 ARAB NEWS February 13, 2023 DUBAI: In the early […]
Disaster of the century: Life after the ‘Big One’
BY HAKKI ÖCAL FEB 13, 2023 – DAILY SABAH People search for survivors at the intensive care unit of the collapsed state hospital in Iskenderun following an earthquake in Iskenderun, […]
Earthquake toll in Syria underscores urgency of peace efforts
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG February 12, 2023 The earthquake in Turkiye and Syria last Monday has had catastrophic effects in both countries that have been compounded by the failure to […]