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At UN, China calls for sanctions on quake-hit Syria to be lifted
Feb 15, 2023 05:46China has called for the immediate lifting of unilateral sanctions on Syria in the wake of a devastating earthquake in the Arab country.
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Syria slams US sanctions, unilateral actions for hampering humanitarian aid delivery
Feb 14, 2023 10:16Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says emergency humanitarian aid must be brought into all quake-hit areas in northwest Syria, including those not under the Damascus government’s control.
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UN chief: Syrian president agrees to open two more border crossings to help quake-hit people
Feb 14, 2023 06:38The United Nations secretary-general says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to open two more border crossings to facilitate relief aid delivery to the northern part of the quake-hit country, which is held by militants.
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Iran sends another aid consignment to quake-hit Turkey as death toll tops 35,000
Feb 13, 2023 12:01The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) says the country has dispatched another consignment of relief aid to Turkey for people in the quake-stricken regions.
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Hezbollah sends quake aid to Syria, raps West’s ‘fake support’ for human rights
Feb 13, 2023 11:13The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has dispatched more humanitarian aid convoy to earthquake-affected areas in Syria, deploring Western governments’ "fake advocacy" for human rights.
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UN says delivery of quake aid to northern Syria blocked due to lack of ‘approval’ from terror outfit
Feb 13, 2023 03:50The United Nations says an anti-government group, which has been designated as terrorist by the international community, is preventing aid consignments from being delivered to the earthquake-stricken areas in the northern part of Syria.
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WHO says almost 26 million affected by Turkey-Syria quake, as death toll nears 30,000
Feb 12, 2023 05:22The World Health Organization says around 26 million people have been affected by the deadly and devastating earthquake that has hit Turkey and neighboring Syria.
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Assad slams West’s double standards on humanitarian situation in quake-hit Syria
Feb 12, 2023 05:28Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has censured the West’s double standards in dealing with the victims of the recent devastating earthquake that hit both Syria and Turkey, saying Western nations are indifferent to the humanitarian situation in his country.
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Lebanese journalists express solidarity with sanctions-hit Syria after quake
Feb 12, 2023 03:29Lebanon’s journalists as well as political and religious figures have gathered in the capital Beirut to denounce the United States' harsh sanctions imposed on Syria, which hinder the delivery of aid to the quake-hit country and hamper rescue efforts.
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Turkey-Syria quake: Rescuers in Turkey pull out two women alive, death toll tops 24,000
Feb 11, 2023 11:29Rescuers in Turkey have pulled out two women alive who were trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings for 122 hours after the region's deadliest earthquake in two decades.