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      20 February

      More than a dozen killed in Israel’s ‘deadliest attack’ on Syrian capital Damascus

      An Israeli air strike on Damascus killed 15 people early Sunday and badly damaged a building in a district housing state security agencies, a war monitor said. Civilians, including two women, were among those killed in “the deadliest Israeli attack in the Syrian capital” since the civil war began, said Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The overnight strike cratered a road and wrecked the adjacent 10-storey building in the Kafr Sousa district, which is home to senior state officials and Syrian intelligence headquarters, said the Britain-based Observatory. A woman was also killed in the Mazraa district, possibly hit when Syrian anti-aircraft munitions crashed down, it added. It was not immediately clear who was the intended target of the strike,…

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    • 20 February

      Husband and wife trapped for 296 hours under a collapsed building pulled out alive in the aftermath of a massive earthquake

      A rescue team in Turkey saved a couple stuck under a collapsed building for 296 hours. Samir Muhammed Accar said he survived by drinking his urine. A rescue team pulled a couple and their son from the rubble in Antakya, Turkey, on Saturday, more than 12 days — or 296 hours — after an enormous 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated the region. Samir Muhammed Accar, 49, his wife, Ragda, 40, and their 12-year-old son were transferred to ambulances after being found under a destroyed apartment block, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported. Their son later died at the hospital, and the bodies of their two other children were found in the wreckage, according to the agency. The father is conscious and being treated…

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    • 19 February

      ‘May Allah bless UAE’: 86-year-old Turkish woman gets emotional as second Emirati field hospital opens

      Doctors, who were practising in healthcare facilities in the province before the earthquake, will take charge here Photos: Neeraj Murali from Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras By SM Ayaz Zakir from Gaziantep and Kahramanmaras Aisha Meram, an 86-year-old resident of Hatay in Turkey, walks briskly towards a field hospital with tears in her eyes and just one sentence on her tongue: “May Allah bless UAE and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed.” “This brings in hope for us,” says Meram as she wipes her tears. The devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria killed over 46,000 people and brought about unimaginable destruction in the region. The UAE has launched multiple aid campaigns, sending supplies, search-and-rescue teams, medical personnel and even setting up field hospitals to…

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    • 19 February

      Magnitude 4.1 earthquake strikes Oman

      Authorities stated they received calls from citizens reporting tremors at 7.55am local time According to The Seismological Center at Sultan Qaboos University, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Duqm, Oman, at 7.55am local time. The Royal Oman Police stated they received calls from citizens reporting slight tremors, but noted that they have not received reports of injuries or damage so far. Source.

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    • 19 February

      News|Military

      Several killed in Israeli raids on Syria’s Damascus: State media Syrian media say Israel fired missiles on Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood, killing five and wounding 15. The raids early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood [File: Yamam al Shaar/ Reuters] At least five people have been killed, 15 wounded and several residential buildings damaged in Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian capital Damascus, Syrian state media reported. The raids early on Sunday hit a building in central Damascus’s Kafr Sousa neighbourhood near a large, heavily guarded security complex close to Iranian installations, Reuters news agency said, citing witnesses. Loud explosions were heard over a central area of the capital around 12.30am (2130 GMT Saturday), and the…

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    • 19 February

      News|Turkey-Syria Earthquake

      Earthquake death toll surpasses 46,000 in Syria, Turkey Rescue teams are still finding survivors under the rubble of destroyed buildings. A woman waits while search teams dig through the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey, Twelve days after a devastating earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, more than 46,000 people have died and more than 84,000 buildings have either been severely damaged, need urgent demolition, or collapsed, according to officials. As Turkey attempts to manage its worst modern disaster, concerns are growing over the victims of the tragedy in Syria, with the World Food Programme (WFP) pressuring authorities in the northwest to stop blocking access to the area as it seeks to help hundreds…

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    • 19 February

      N Korea confirms ICBM test, touts nuclear counterattack ability

      Pyongyang says its latest ICBM test was meant to bolster its ‘fatal nuclear counterattack’ capabilities. North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is seen with the Hwasong-15 ICBM in a photo released by KCNA in Pyongyang, North Korea North Korea has said it fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as a warning to the United States and South Korea, claiming the drill successfully demonstrated its capacity to launch a “fatal nuclear counterattack”. The North Korean statement on Sunday came a day after it launched the Hwasong-15 into the sea off Japan’s west coast after warning of a strong response to upcoming military drills by the US and South Korea. “The surprise ICBM launching drill … is an actual proof of the DPRK strategic nuclear force’s…

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    • 19 February

      Blinken meets China’s Wang Yi, warns against helping Russia

      Top diplomats hold ‘direct, candid’ talks in Munich amid tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the downing of a suspected Chinese spying balloon. Antony Blinken, right, said Wang Yi, left, did not apologise for the overflight of the Chinese balloon over US territory US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has warned China against providing “lethal support” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and condemned the violation of United States airspace by an alleged Chinese spying balloon as he held rare talks with Beijing’s top diplomat, Wang Yi. The meeting of the two senior officials happened late on Saturday on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich, Germany, just hours after Wang scolded Washington as “hysterical” in a running dispute over the…

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    • 19 February

      Rewind: Spy in the sky

      The downing of a Chinese spy balloon by the US has put the spotlight on surveillance from the skies Illustration: Guru G. Hyderabad: The Chinese balloon that traversed the United States before being shot down off the coast of South Carolina captivated public attention and drew sharp denunciations as a brazen spying effort. After the February 4 incident, spy balloons have suddenly filled the skies. Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said a Chinese weather balloon landed on one of its outlying islands, amid US accusations that such craft have been dispatched worldwide to spy on Washington and its allies. The islet where it was found, Tungyin, is part of the Matsu island ground lying just off the coast of China’s Fujian province. Taiwan maintained control…

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    • 19 February

      US: Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine

      Harris said the international community has both a moral and a strategic interest in pursuing those crimes, pointing to a danger of other authoritarian governments taking advantage File Photo of Kamala Harris Munich: The United States has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday, insisting that “justice must be served” to the perpetrators. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Harris said the international community has both a moral and a strategic interest in pursuing those crimes, pointing to a danger of other authoritarian governments taking advantage if international rules are undermined. “Russian forces have pursued a widespread and systemic attack against a civilian population — gruesome acts of murder, torture, rape, and deportation,”…

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