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Blaze rips through regional police HQ in Egypt, at least 45 injured

ISMAILIA: A huge fire ripped through a regional police headquarters in the Egyptian city of Ismailia before dawn Monday, gutting the building and leaving at least 45 people injured.Authorities said they had launched a...

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a police headquarters in Ismailia. — AFP

Syrian refugees flock to border to flee Turkiye quake wreckage

Syrian residents of Hatay city wait to cross the Turkish-Syrian border after they were affected by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region nearly two weeks ago, at Cilvegozu border gate on on Friday. — AFP

Burgers bring bite of normality for quake survivors

Residents wait in a queue outside a bakery that gives out free bread in Samandag, south of Hatay. — AFP

Floral bloom turns Saudi desert purple

A field covered with lavender-coloured blooms in Rafha town. -- AFP

Teenager rescued from rubble in Turkey 10 days after quake

Rescuers work at the site of destroyed high-end building as rescue operations continue, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Antakya, Turkey February 16, 2023.

Turkiye promises swift reconstruction, Syrians seek aid

Huseyin Berber, 62, a survivor who was rescued after being trapped under the rubble for 187 hours in Antakya, speaks to media and doctors as he receives medical attention at Mersin City hospital. -- Reuters

Disease the new threat as Turkiye faces water shortage

A volunteer feeds Syrian girl Hanaa Sharif (8), the only survivor of her family following the earthquake as she lies in a hospital bed in Maarat Misrine, in Syria's northern Idlib province. - AFP

Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake

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Focus turns to survivors as quake toll passes 35,000

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'A crane, for God's sake': A mother's plea for help

A man walks by the rubble of collapsed buildings in the historic southern city of Antakya. - AFP

Hopes dwindle a week after quake

Drone footage shows AFAD tents set up in the stadium of Kahramanmaras following the earthquake in Kahramanmaras. -- Reuters

Israel strikes Gaza, one killed in W Bank arrest raid

A man inspects a wedding hall hit in Israeli air strikes but the Israeli military described as an underground Hamas rocket foundry in Gaza City. - Reuters

Rescuers in Turkey dig to rescue family a week after earthquake

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UN warns of aid failure for Syria

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Two more contractors held over collapsed buildings in Türkiye

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Syria's White Helmets 'answering all calls' to save lives

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