Topic: syria
Boy, two youth pulled alive 260 hours after Turkey quakes
Eleven days into the quake, rescuers have pulled a 12-year-old boy and two men out of the rubble, more than 260 hours after the earthquakes that have so far left over 43,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria.
Children sleep in streets, too afraid to go home after quake disaster
“Families with children are sleeping in streets, malls, mosques, schools, under bridges, staying out in the open for fear of returning to their homes.”
Miracle rescue: 10-year-girl, 13-year-boy, two women saved after 183 hours in Turkey
Rescuers saved a 10-year-old girl child, a 13-year-old boy, and at least two women from the rubble in Gaziantep and Hatay in Turkey, 183 hours after a devastating earthquake shook the region.
UN aid chief visit to crossing into Northwest Syria ‘too little too late’: White Helmets
Responding to the visit by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, to the only humanitarian border crossing into Northwest...
Survivors still being found as Turkey, Syria toll crosses 33,000
Rescuers in Turkey pulled more survivors from under the rubble nearly a week after two massive earthquakes struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. The death toll in Turkey and Syria has climbed to more than 33,000.
The Swimmers: A harrowing journey from refugees to Rio Olympics
A perilous journey of two refugees risking both their life and champion swimming skills in the ordeal of fleeing from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics
