Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus
By AP and published by CNA Damascus, Syria – Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said on Sunday (Dec. 8), hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule. Thousands of Syrians poured […]
Read MoreExploding pagers kill 9, injure thousands in Lebanon and Syria
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Beirut – Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday (Sep. 17)), killing at least nine people – including an 8-year-old girl — and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel […]
Read MoreFresh quake hits Turkey-Syria border area two weeks after disaster
By Reuters and published by Cyprus Mail Antakya – Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday (Feb. 20), just two weeks after the area was devastated by a larger quake which killed more than 47,000 people and damaged or destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. Monday’s quake, this time […]
Read MoreThai woman among 11,200 dead in Turkey-Syria quake
By Agencies – published by CNA and TV Channel 7 THE Thai Foreign Ministry said this evening (Feb. 8) that a Thai woman is among the 11,200 people who have died in the devastating magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. Mrs. Kanchana Phatrachoke, the ministry’s spokesperson, said the Thai embassy […]
Read MoreTurkey-Syria quake death toll climbs to more than 7,800
By Australian Associated Press and published by Yahoo!News Antakya, Turkey – The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria has jumped to more than 7,800 people as rescuers work against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings. As the scale of the […]
Read MoreMajor earthquake kills nearly 1,800 in Turkey, Syria
By AFP and published by CNA Diyarbakir, Turkey – The most powerful earthquake in nearly a century struck Turkey and Syria early today (Feb. 6), killing more than 1,800 people in their sleep, levelling buildings and causing tremors felt as far away as Greenland. The 7.8-magnitude nighttime tremor, followed hours later by a slightly […]
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