Turkey-Syria earthquake UPDATES: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the state has mobilized all its resources. He said that 6,444 buildings collapsed due to the two earthquakes of magnitudes 7.7 and 7.6 rocked the country on Monday.
India has extended a helping hand to Turkey and Syria. Under #OperationDost, India is providing material, medicine aide to earthquake-hit countries.
The earthquake caused a lot of destruction in Turkey. We show you some pictures of Turkey after the earthquake.
Turkey has been completely ruined due to the severe earthquake. About 8,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria together. It is feared that a total of more than 20 thousand people may die.. More than 2 crore 30 lakh people have been affected.
Turkey Syria earthquake: On Feb 7, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 southern provinces which were hit by massive quakes, Anadolu Agency reported.
The intensity of earthquakes are categorised into 5 seismic zones namely: Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4 and Zone 5, while the last one being the most dangerous. However in India, regions are divided into 4 seismic zones.
Turkey has been hit by one of the largest earthquakes in more than a century, causing vibrations throughout the area, buildings to collapse, and forcing people to flee into the streets.
As powerful earthquakes have jolted Western Asian countries of Turkey and Syria, here's a timeline of some of the world’s deadliest earthquakes since 2000.
Turkey earthquake: A powerful earthquake of 7.8 magnitudes hit southern Turkey and northern Syria toppling buildings across the region.
The Syrian pound hit an all-time low of 7,000 pounds to the dollar on the black market last week before rebounding to around 6,000. It's still a significant plunge, given the rate was around 3,600 one year ago.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, reported that load explosions were heard in the coastal province of Latakia as well as Hama and Homs regions in central Syria.
Istanbul bombing case: The suspect, identified by his code-name “Husam” was apprehended by Turkish police late Wednesday in the Syrian city of Azaz, which is currently under the control of the Turkey-backed Syrian opposition
Syria: The shelling is the latest violation of a truce reached between Russia and Turkey in March 2020 that ended a Russian-backed government offensive on Idlib province, the last major rebel-held stronghold in Syria.
Despite their defeat in Syria in 2019, when IS lost the last sliver of land its fighters once controlled, the extremists' sleepers cells have continued to carry out deadly attacks in Syria and Iraq where they once held large parts of the two countries.
The U.S. military said early Wednesday it carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted areas used by militias backed by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
In the past, Syrian authorities have blamed such attacks on Islamic State group militants who have been active in southern and central Syria, despite losing territorial control in the country since 2019.
The strike came a week after a Syrian soldier was killed and five others were wounded in another Israeli attack near Damascus.
The raid targeted Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who took over as head of the militant group on Oct. 31, 2019, just days after leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in the same area.
Al-Qaeda continues to present a threat to America and our allies, according to a statement.
Syrian state TV showed footage of charred bus in central Damascus, saying the blasts occurred during rush hour when people were heading to work and school.
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