Turkey-Syria earthquake live: Mother, children rescued in Antakya

By Zaheena Rasheed

Published On 16 Feb 2023

• The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 41,000.
• Turkish authorities say 35,418 people have been killed in the country. The Syrian government and the United Nations say more than 5,800 people have died in Syria.
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• Malaysia raises $11.4m for Turkey-Syria survivors
• Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said that his country has raised  $11.4m to provide humanitarian assistance for survivors of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes, according to the official Bernama news agency.
• Anwar made the announcement after a short trip to Turkey, where he met President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visited some of the hardest-hit areas in the country, including the cities of Nurdagi and Gaziantep.
• Anwar said some 250 Malaysian personnel were in Turkey, helping with the search and rescue effort, according to a statement from his office. The prime minister also pledged to send a team to Syria next week to help with the recovery operation there.
• 1h ago (04:18 GMT)Mother, two children rescued in Turkey’s AntakyaA mother and two children have been rescued in the Turkish city of Antakya more than 228 hours after the twin earthquakes that devastated southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria.Ela and her two children – Meysam and Ali – were pulled from the rubble of their apartment block, the state-owned Anadolu news agency reported.Earlier on Wednesday, a 74-year-old woman and a 46-year-old woman were rescued in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras, close to the epicentre of the quake.
• 1h ago (04:18 GMT)Turkey raises $6bn for quake victimsA Turkish fund-raising drive has raised some $6.1bn to help earthquake victims, according to the Anadolu Agency.Donors included Turkish politicians, state institutions and citizens, the agency reported.The Turkish Central Bank was the biggest donor, pledging $1.6bn, while the Ziraat and Vakif banks donated $1bn and $637m, respectively.

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Blinken to pledge quake support on first Turkey visit

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Turkey on Sunday to discuss support after last week’s devastating earthquakes.

Blinken will visit the Incirlik Air Base, through which the US has shipped aid, and then hold talks in the capital Ankara on “continued US support”, according to a spokesperson.

The visit is Blinken’s first official trip to the US’s NATO ally.

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