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Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets

Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets

Tensions have soared in the past week at the flashpoint shrine after an Israeli police raid on the mosque

9 April 2023 5:03 PM IST

US military says senior IS commander killed in Syria

US military says senior IS commander killed in Syria

BEIRUT: A drone strike carried out by the American-led coalition in northwestern Syria has killed a senior member of the...

4 April 2023 10:59 AM IST

Mondays earthquake was centred in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province. (Photo: Twitter)

Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Turkiye; more buildings collapse

ANKARA: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook southern Turkiye on Monday Â— three weeks after a catastrophic temblor...

27 Feb 2023 4:59 PM IST

Rescue workers search for victims at a collapsed building after a 6,4-magnitude second earthquake hit the Hatay province in southern Turkey, in Antakya, on February 20, two weeks after a 7,8-magnitude one hit the first time the same region. (Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)

3 killed, 213 injured as two earthquakes shatter lives in Turkey

Turkish Interior Minister stated that the search and rescue operations are underway at three sites

21 Feb 2023 8:16 AM IST

Search for earthquake survivors enters final hours in Turkey

Search for earthquake survivors enters final hours in Turkey

Turkish authorities said Monday that more than 150,000 survivors have been moved to shelters outside the affected...

14 Feb 2023 11:30 AM IST

This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)

Explosions rock Gaza, Israel says it hit Hamas rocket factory

Israel-'s military said it attacked an underground site used by the Palestinian enclave-'s Hamas Islamists to...

13 Feb 2023 10:18 AM IST

Turkish rescue workers stand by a collapsed building in Adiyaman, southern Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey-Syria quake deaths to top 50,000: UN relief chief

Tens of thousands of rescue workers are scouring flattened neighbourhoods despite freezing weather that has deepened the...

12 Feb 2023 11:09 AM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)

Turkey-syria quake: Survivors still being found as death toll tops...

Turkiye-'s president on Saturday raised the death toll in his country to 21,848, while in Syria, the reported number of...

11 Feb 2023 8:44 PM IST

Cranes remove debris next to destroyed buildings in Antakya, southeastern Turkey (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Up to 5.3 million in Syria may be homeless after quake: UN

Many lost their homes or are too scared to return to damaged buildings

11 Feb 2023 10:42 AM IST

The sixth plane from India carrying rescue personnel, essentials and medical equipment for earthquake relief efforts have reached Turkey. (Twitter/@DrSJaishankar)

Earthquake: Sixth -'Operation Dost-' flight reaches Turkey with relief...

India is providing assistance to Turkey through the ongoing crisis after earthquakes jolted the country on February 6

9 Feb 2023 11:01 AM IST

Turkish President acknowledges â€˜shortcomingsâ€™ in quake response as deaths top 15,000

Turkish President acknowledges â€˜shortcomingsâ€™ in quake response as...

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the hard-hit Hatay province, where over 3,300 people died and entire...

9 Feb 2023 10:46 AM IST

An aerial picture shows rescuers searching the rubble of buildings for casualties and survivors in the village of Salqin in Syrias rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey following the earthquake. (Photo: AFP)

Death toll rises above 15,000 in Turkey, Syria quake

ISTANBUL: The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria climbed above 15,000 on Wednesday, as...

9 Feb 2023 7:49 AM IST