The death toll from the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria has crossed 41,000. The disaster has also exposed Turkey's President Erdoğan’s political fault lines. He's facing scrutiny for failing to enforce construction standards that could have saved lives. Amna Nawaz discussed the frustrations with Gönül Tol of the Middle East Institute's Center for Turkish … [Read more...]
Earthquake Turkey: Death toll rises to 3,400 after powerful 7.8 magnitude quake rocks Turkey, Syria
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and neighboring Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,400 people and injuring thousands more as it toppled thousands of buildings and trapped residents under mounds of rubble. Authorities feared the death toll would keep climbing as rescuers searched through tangles of metal and concrete for survivors in a region … [Read more...]
Search for survivors after earthquake hits Turkey and Syria
More than 500 people have been killed as they slept in Turkey and Syria after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit in the early hours of Monday morning, in one of the most powerful quakes in the region in at least a century. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Thousands more were injured as the quake wiped out entire sections of major cities in a … [Read more...]