After years of war, residents in northwest Syria affected by the massive earthquakes are grappling with their new and worsening reality. The earthquakes displaced many in Syria for a second time, forcing some to sleep under olive groves in winter conditions. One week after the devastating earthquakes struck northern Syria and neighbouring Turkey, the United Nations has acknowledged an international failure to help Syrian quake victims. Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar reports from Maaret Misrin in northwest Syria. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya […]
Amid the debris, dust, and toxic smoke rising from fires lit to stay warm, the smell of dead bodies is growing. Rescue workers from dozens of countries have been working for days to find survivors in Turkey and Syria. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports on rescue efforts from the epicentre of the second earthquake — Kahramanmaras, Turkey. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #Kahramanmaras #Sanliurfa #Gaziantep #AFAD #syria #Kahramanmaras
With homes and businesses damaged or destroyed in southern Turkey, looting has become a concern. Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim reports from Antakya, Turkey. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #Kahramanmaras #Sanliurfa #Gaziantep #AFAD #loot
Turkey’s government only counts those formally identified in its death toll of earthquake victims. But it is estimated that about half of those killed have not yet been named and therefore have not been added to the official figures. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Iskenderun, Turkey. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #Kahramanmaras #Sanliurfa #Gaziantep #AFAD
Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday that university accommodation will be used to house those affected by the earthquakes. Students in Istanbul have been leaving their university dorms to make room for survivors. More than a million people have been made homeless by these quakes. It is a growing crisis, as authorities in Turkiye and Syria try to find places for them to stay. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports from Istanbul. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #Kahramanmaras #Sanliurfa #Gaziantep #AFAD
Hope of finding survivors is quickly fading as stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria search for signs of life in the debris of thousands of buildings toppled by the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade. The extent of the devastation was breathtaking, with rows of apartment blocks reduced to twisted metal, rubble and dust in many communities. Rescuers formed human chains as they tried to dig through collapsed buildings, urging quiet every so often in the hopes of hearing stifled pleas for help. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker begins reports from Gaziantep, on the Turkish border with Syria. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish […]
Millions of children caught in the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which was followed by a second magnitude 7.6 earthquake hours later and more than 100 aftershocks. Exhausted rescuers got a boost when they pulled a four year old boy from a collapsed building in Saliurfa. People are asking why some buildings that were supposed to be quake-proof did not withstand the tremors. Bernard Smith reports from Sanliurfa in southeaster Turkey. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #SyriaEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #Kahramanmaras #Sanliurfa #AFAD
Thousands of people across Turkey have joined aid efforts to help ease the plight of earthquake survivors. They set up collections of food and warm clothing and put out a call for volunteers to help with on-the-ground efforts. Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim visited a collection point in Istanbul, Turkey. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Turkiye #Turkey #TurkeyEarthquake #TurkiyeEarthquake #Syria #SyriaEarthquake #EastMediterranean #EastMediterraneanEarthquake #Earthquake #Malaytya #PrayForTurkey #PrayForSyria #Kahramanmaras
South Korea’s capital Seoul will start phasing out basement apartments – after three people died in the flats during flooding this week. The tiny dwellings are usually rented out to people on low incomes. Clean-up and recovery efforts accelerated in South Korea’s greater capital region on Wednesday as skies cleared after two days of record-breaking rainfall that unleashed flash floods, damaged thousands of buildings and roads and killed at least 10 people. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from the capital, Seoul. Subscribe Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaFloods #SeoulFloods
An earthquake has hit the northern Philippines, shattering windows at its epicentre and causing high-rise towers to shake more than 300km (185 miles) away in the capital Manila. The quake, which struck the mountainous province of Abra on the main island of Luzon at 8:43am local time (00:43 GMT), was measured at a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 by the US Geological Survey (USGS), 7.2 by the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) and 7.3 by the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). USGS said the earthquake’s epicentre was about 11km (7 miles) east-southeast of the town of Dolores. Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo joins us via Skype from Manila for the […]
