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The quake that hit Turkey and Syria early this week, and which has resulted in the death of a staggering 24,000 people and left many more thousands homeless,
These include 97 tonnes of foodstuffs, 20 tonnes of medical supplies, and 696 tents to shelter the affected people via cargo flights to Syria and Turkey that totalled 36 to date.
Rescue teams in Turkey on Saturday pulled to safety a family of five who survived inside their collapsed home for five days following a major earthquake in a sprawling border region of Turkey and Syria.
His daughter, Irmak, was dead. But he refused to let her go, caressing the fingers peeking out from a mattress the girl was asleep on when the first pre-dawn tremor struck on Monday.
Rescue workers made a final push Thursday to find survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria that rendered many communities unrecognizable to their inhabitants
The children had been taking part in a school volleyball tournament and had been staying in a hotel in Adiyaman that was completely destroyed by the quake.
Turkey moves against some builders; death toll 24,617 in Turkey, over 3,500 in Syria; hundreds of thousands homeless in middle of winter; EU envoy rejects accusations of shirking Syria aid; UN aid chief praises Turkey's quake response
Rescue workers have saved hundreds of trapped cats, dogs, rabbits and birds cherished by the people of the ancient city devastated by last week' quake. Efforts have focused on saving people but also rescuing animals.
The Joint Operations Command - through maritime aid corridor - will mobilise humanitarian, food, and medical assistance while continuing the operations through the existing humanitarian air bridge.
Red balloons typically "represent joy, love," he said. But in Antakya, after the earthquake, "this is the first time a balloon has made us cry."
