FEB 12, 2023
More than 33,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, officials said.
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More than 2,000 people discharged from hospitals in Istanbul
More than 2,000 people have been discharged from hospitals in the Turkish city of Istanbul following treatment for injuries suffered in Monday’s powerful earthquake, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber reported on Sunday.
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Israeli aid group leaves Turkey due to ‘immediate’ security threat
Israeli search-and-rescue group United Hatzalah is leaving
Turkey after six days on the ground due to a “significant security threat” targeting the group, it announced Sunday.
United Hatzalah chief executive Eli Pollack and vice president of operations Dov Maisel said in a statement they had “received intelligence of a concrete and immediate threat on the Israeli delegation and we have to put the security of our personnel first.”
1 hr 34 min ago
Austrian Army resumes rescue operations in Turkey following brief suspension over security risks
The Austrian Army has resumed rescue operations in Turkey following
a brief halt due to security risks, according to the Austrian Forces Disaster Relief Unit (AFDRU).
Operations were suspended early on Saturday due to an “increasingly difficult security situation,” AFDRU said in a statement that day, adding there was “increasing aggression between groups in Turkey.”
1 hr 6 min ago
Hatay airport in Turkey resumes operations following deadly earthquake
Turkey’s Hatay airport – which is located in one of the provinces worst hit by Monday’s catastrophic earthquake – has resumed operations, the Turkish Transport Ministry said on Sunday.
“We quickly repaired the damage on the Hatay Airport runway. Our airport started to operate today,” Turkey’s Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure said in its official Twitter page, sharing before and after images of the airport’s runway, which was badly damaged following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and was deemed “unusable” by officials.
23 min ago
Earthquake death toll exceeds 33,000 across Turkey and Syria -- and is expected to rise
The death toll across Turkey and Syria following Monday’s catastrophic earthquake has reached 33,181, according to the latest figures.
The death toll in Turkey has climbed to 29,605, Turkish Emergency Coordination Center SAKOM said Sunday.