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February 21, 2023 at 1:15 am

Ruins of Turkish city of Antakya tell story of a rich past VIEW

The city of Antakya, known as Antioch in ancient times, has been destroyed many times by earthquakes.

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February 16, 2023 at 11:50 pm

Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake

The Turkish disaster management agency has updated the death toll from the powerful earthquake in Turkey to 38,044, raising the overall number of fatalities in...

February 16, 2023 at 3:03 am

Quake survivors wait amid rubble, to search or say goodbye VIEW

Ever since the Feb. 6 earthquake decimated swaths of Turkey and Syria, survivors have gathered outside destroyed houses and apartments, refusing to leave.

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February 15, 2023 at 6:33 am

Key developments in the aftermath of Turkey, Syria quakes VIEW

The earthquakes that killed more than 39,000 people in southern Turkey and northern Syria is producing more grieving and suffering along with extraordinary rescues and...

A quake survivor sits at a tented camp set up in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Thousands left homeless by a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria a week ago packed into crowded tents or lined up in the streets Monday for hot meals as the desperate search for survivors entered what was likely its last hours. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) ANK105 ANK105

February 13, 2023 at 11:20 pm

Rising toll makes quake deadliest in Turkey’s modern history VIEW

Turkey's president announced that more than 35,000 people have died, making last week's earthquakes the deadliest since the country’s founding 100 years ago.

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February 13, 2023 at 11:13 pm

For Syrian women, quake adds disaster on top of war’s pain VIEW

Syrian women have shouldered the responsibility of keeping families together during a dozen years of civil war — and now, in the devastating aftermath of...

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Men sit in front of the rubble of an area destroyed during the earthquake in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. Turkish justice officials are targeting contractors allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction after a pair of earthquakes on Feb. 6 collapsed thousands of buildings in southeast Turkey and northern Syria. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) BA123 BA123

February 12, 2023 at 11:28 pm

Search for earthquake survivors enters final hours in Turkey VIEW

While stories of near-miraculous rescues have flooded the airwaves, tens of thousands of dead have been found too, and the window for rescues is nearly...

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February 12, 2023 at 9:42 am

After quake, war-hit Syrians struggle to get aid, rebuild VIEW

As rescue operations have largely ceased, residents of areas in northwest Syria struck by a devastating earthquake are grappling with their new and worsening reality.

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February 12, 2023 at 1:41 am

Turkey probes contractors as earthquake deaths pass 33,000 VIEW

Turkish justice officials are targeting contractors allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction after a pair of earthquakes on Feb. 6 collapsed thousands of buildings...

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December 21, 2022 at 11:27 pm

Russia scrubs Mariupol’s Ukraine identity, builds on death VIEW

Throughout the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered...

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