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QUAKE RESPONSE GROWS AS DEATH TOLL CLIMBS

QUAKE RESPONSE GROWS AS DEATH TOLL CLIMBS

A week after twin 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes devastated the nations of Turkey and Syria, rescue efforts continue against increasing odds of finding survivors in the rubble. The death toll increased to more than 33,000 people in both nations.

MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY ROCK MIDDLE EAST

MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY ROCK MIDDLE EAST

Rescue workers are pouring into Southern Turkey from around the Mideast Region after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Sunday was followed by powerful aftershocks on Monday morning, killing at least 1,760 people in southern Turkey and over 1,000 people in Northern Syria, with some experts predicting that the death toll could balloon to over 15,000 in the coming days.

MIDEAST WEEK IN REVIEW - JUNE 26

MIDEAST WEEK IN REVIEW - JUNE 26

A major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills hundreds, a major political shakeup in Iraq’s parliament, anti-Israel parties reconcile in Syria, Turkey assassinates Kurdish politician in Iraqi Kurdistan.

ISIS ATTACK IN NE SYRIA FREES PRISONERS, STREET BATTLES ONGOING

ISIS ATTACK IN NE SYRIA FREES PRISONERS, STREET BATTLES ONGOING

Thousands of Iraqi migrants, including an estimated 8,000 from the Kurdistan Region, are trapped on the border of Belarus and Poland, victims of an intensifying showdown in Eastern Europe between the European Union and Russia-aligned Belarus.