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Jordan's foreign minister visits Syria in first trip since foreign-backed war
Feb 15, 2023 11:48Jordan's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Ayman Safadi, visited Damascus on Wednesday in the first such visit by a senior Jordanian official since foreign-backed militancy broke out in Syria more than a decade ago.
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Only nine EU nations help with Syria's humanitarian catastrophe
Feb 15, 2023 10:05Lives have been saved in Turkey following recent earthquakes because the country had access to heavy lifting machinery. Experts say many lives were lost in Syria because sanctions prevented the country from having similar equipment. The catastrophe has just been debated in the European Parliament.
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Quake death toll in Turkey, Syria has crossed 41,000
Feb 15, 2023 09:25The death toll from powerful earthquakes that devastated areas of Turkey and Syria has topped 41,000, according to figures collated by authorities in the two countries and other sources.
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Assad: Damascus determined to deliver aid to all quake-affected Syrians
Feb 15, 2023 05:56Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Damascus is determined to deliver humanitarian aid to millions of people who have been affected by the massive earthquake and a major aftershock that devastated northwestern Syria last week.
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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.