This Month
Iran, Saudi Arabia agree to resume ties, with China’s help
A joint statement calls for reestablishing ties and the reopening of embassies to happen “within a maximum period of two months”.
- Jon Gambrell
February
Turkish-Syrian earthquake death toll passes 45,000
Mosques around the world performed absentee funeral prayers for the dead in Turkey and Syria, many of whom could not receive full burial rites.
- Clodagh Kilcoyne and Ali Kucukgocmen
Rescues dwindle, death toll from earthquake tops 42,000
The United Nations appealed for more than $1.4 billion in funds for Turkey, just two days after launching a $580 million appeal for Syrians.
- Suhaib Salem and Ali Kucukgocmen
Battle for the future of Israel’s ‘soul’ heats up
Roughly 100,000 protesters from across the country filled the streets outside parliament in Jerusalem in one of the biggest-ever demonstrations in the city.
- Patrick Kingsley and Isabel Kershner
Rescues in Turkey offer moments of relief in quake aftermath
The death toll has risen to more than 23,000, the vast majority of those in Turkey, and more than 5 million are homeless in Turkey and Syria.
- Justin Spike, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser
Fury erupts over weak buildings in quake-hit Turkey
The country’s president is facing mounting criticism for allowing decades of shoddy construction in cities and towns.
- Selcan Hacaoglu and Beril Akman
Cold, hunger, despair grip homeless as earthquake toll passes 19,000
The confirmed death toll in Turkey rose to 16,546. In Syria, already devastated by nearly 12 years of civil war, more than 3000 people have died.
- Umit Bektas, Mehmet Caliskan and Khalil Ashawi
Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,500
Search teams from more than two dozen countries have joined tens of thousands of local emergency personnel as hope for finding survivors fades.
- Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed, Suzan Fraser and Zeynep Bilginsoy
Rescuers pull families, babies from quake rubble
The death toll has risen to more than 7700, but rescuers have found reason for hope, pulling people alive from destroyed buildings.
- Updated
- Safak Timur, Ben Hubbard and Gulsin Harman
‘Race against time’: More than 5000 dead in quake in Turkey, Syria
Rescue workers, some with their bare hands, are desperately digging for survivors in the rubble, but authorities fear the death toll will rise sharply.
- Updated
- Ben Hubbard and Nimet Kirac
Hundreds killed after powerful quake hits Turkey-Syria border
The earthquake was felt across a large region, and was followed by multiple aftershocks.
- Selcan Hacaoglu
January
Gunman kills seven near Jerusalem synagogue
It was one of the highest death tolls in an attack on Israelis in several years and was bound to lead to exceptional outrage.
- Updated
- Josef Federman and Isabel Debre
