Melbourne academic awaits news of family members buried in rubble in Turkey

Melbourne academic awaits news of family members buried in rubble in Turkey

Salih Yucel lost his sister in Turkey’s devastating earthquake and the wait goes on for news of his other family members.

  • byWendy Tuohy andMarnie Vinall

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Before and after:Satellite images show damage wrought by quakes on Turkish towns

Before and after:Satellite images show damage wrought by quakes on Turkish towns

Aerial images reveal entire streets reduced to ruins in the Turkish towns of Islahiye and Nurdagi after a series of devastating earthquakes.

  • byNell Geraets andMark Stehle
Turkey earthquake toll soars as international community mobilises to help

Turkey earthquake toll soars as international community mobilises to help

More than 5000 people are confirmed dead in southern Turkey and northern Syria where freezing temperatures and some 200 aftershocks are complicating search efforts.

  • byRob Harris
How to donate to charities helping victims of the Turkey Syria earthquakes

How to donate to charities helping victims of the Turkey Syria earthquakes

The magnitude 7.8 earthquake and its aftershocks have unleashed a humanitarian disaster of unfathomable proportions. Before you give,however,do your research.

  • byBen Shpigel
‘An emergency within an emergency’:A deadly quake amid a civil war

‘An emergency within an emergency’:A deadly quake amid a civil war

Syrians once again heard the roar and thud of buildings coming down,in scenes all too familiar to a region devastated by more than a decade of civil war.

  • byVivian Yee,Raja Abdulrahim andHwaida Saad
The world’s deadliest earthquakes - two decades of devastation

The world’s deadliest earthquakes - two decades of devastation

The earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday is the latest in a string of destructive tremors around the world. Here’s a look at some of the most deadly.

  • byKatharine Lackey
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Family distraught with one dead,more missing in Turkey earthquake

Family distraught with one dead,more missing in Turkey earthquake

Nihal Iscel received news today that a cousin living in Gaziantep,the centre of a 7.8-magnitude earthquake,has died,while rescue crews are desperately searching for his wife.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
The deadly Turkey earthquakes explained in four maps

The deadly Turkey earthquakes explained in four maps

Two strong quakes have devastated wide swaths of Turkey and Syria,killing thousands of people. Here’s the science behind the catastrophe.

Thousands dead after 7.8 earthquake strikes Turkey,Syria

Thousands dead after 7.8 earthquake strikes Turkey,Syria

The quake has triggered a frantic search for survivors in cities and towns with more than 2000 killed and thousands more missing or injured.

  • bySuzan Fraser
Chemical weapons watchdog blames Syria’s air force for deadly attack

Chemical weapons watchdog blames Syria’s air force for deadly attack

The report offers the latest confirmation that the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons during his country’s grinding civil war.

  • byMike Corder
NSW ‘ISIS bride’ charged for allegedly entering Islamic State-run areas of Syria

NSW ‘ISIS bride’ charged for allegedly entering Islamic State-run areas of Syria

Mariam Raad,31,returned to Australia last October after spending time in the Al Roj Internally Displaced Persons camp in Syria.

  • byBen Cubby andMatthew Knott