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Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll rises to over 37,000

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Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 37,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll goes past 36,000

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Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll tops 33,000

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Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll passes 25,000

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Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll nears 20,000

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Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Middle East

“Put politics aside”, facilitate northwest Syria aid access: UN

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A leading United Nations official has called for the facilitation of aid access to rebel-held areas in Syria’s northwest, warning that relief stocks will soon be depleted.
Middle East

Earthquake death toll surpasses 15,000 in Turkey and Syria

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The death toll from the catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria has risen to at least 15,383, according to authorities.
Middle East

Erdogan visits disaster-hit region of Turkey as deaths continue to rise

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has visited southern Turkey to inspect the areas badly affected by the magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes that hit the country earlier this week. Anger grew among local people over what they say was a slow Ankara's response to the rescue and relief effort.
Middle East

Damascus says US sanctions preventing delivery of aid to Syria after deadly quake

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Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has highlighted the country’s need for humanitarian assistance after the recent devastating earthquake. He warned that the US sanctions have worsened the circumstances as the illegal bans are preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.
Local

Iran’s Leader sympathizes with those affected by fatal quake in Turkey, Syria

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei expresses sympathy with those affected by a horrific earthquake that wreaked havoc in Turkey and Syria earlier this week, promising more humanitarian aid to both brotherly nations.
Middle East

Turkey-Syria earthquake toll nearing 8,000, search operations continue

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As desperate search operations continue for possible survivors in quake-hit areas of Turkey and Syria, the death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the two countries has surpassed 7,900, authorities have confirmed.
Foreign Policy

Iranian presidents speaks with Turkish and Syrian counterparts following earthquake 

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to speak with him over the massive earthquake in Turkey.
Middle East

Erdogan announces 3-month emergency in Turkey as death toll rises

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three month state of emergency in the country after Monday’s devastating quake and its aftershocks.
Middle East

Major earthquake could affect up to 23 million in Turkey and Syria: WHO

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Some 23 million people could be affected by the massive quake that has killed more than 5,000 so far, the World Health Organization has announced.
Middle East

Death toll from quake in Turkey and Syria tops 4,000

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning, and Syria has appealed to the United Nations for help following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 4,000 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria.
Incidents

Deadly quake hits Iranian city of Khoy, northwestern Iran

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A powerful earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale has jolted the city of Khoy in Iran’s West Azerbaijan Province and surrounding areas.
Incidents

Relief aid provided to over 10k caught in snow across Iran: Official

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Iranian officials say relief workers rush to the aid of more than 10,000 people caught in blizzard and heavy snow blocking roads in different parts of the country over the past days.
Incidents

Update: Over 1100 wounded in tremor in northwest Iran

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The number of the wounded in Wednesday’s earthquake that jolted the northwestern Iranian city of Khoy in West Azarbaijan Province has risen to more than 1100 people, according to new official figures on Thursday.
Incidents

Hundreds injured in quake in northwestern Iran

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A 5.4 earthquake on the Richter scale hit the northwestern Iranian city of Khoy in West Azarbaijan Province, leaving nearly 500 people injured, according to reports.
Transportation

Police: Road accidents in Tehran leave 600 deaths annually

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At least 600 people die and 20 thousand people are injured every year in traffic-related accidents in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to a traffic police official.
Incidents

Sandstorm hits Iran’s southeastern city of Zabol

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A sandstorm hit the Iranian city of Zabol, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran on Thursday morning that decreased visibility to 200 meters in the airport there.
Incidents

Death toll from flash floods in Iran reaches 93; six remain missing

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The death count from the recent flash floods that wreaked havoc on various provinces across Iran has reached 93, with a search operation still underway to find six people who remain missing.
Environment

Floods reach Iran’s Hirmand from Afghanistan

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After the recent heavy downpours in Afghanistan, floods have spilled over into Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province through the Hirmand River.
Incidents

Iran to end flash floods rescue operations nationwide, 8 still missing

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Iran is about to wrap up search and rescue operations across the nation after flash floods and landslides hit two dozen provinces in the country two weeks ago, leaving 90 people dead while 8 others still remain missing, according to an official.
Incidents

90 killed in recent flash flooding in Iran, 8 missing: Official

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An Iranian search and rescue official says a total of 90 people have so far been confirmed dead in the recent flash flooding in cities across Iran.
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