Informes

-IBC Team on Türkiye-Syria Earthquakes Assessment International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation (IBC) would like to extend our sincere condolences to all those affected by the earthquakes this week. IBC employees in the region are safe…

Situation On Monday 6th February 2023, southeast Türkiye was hit by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake at 04:17 local time, the most powerful to strike the country since 1939. The epicenter was near Ataler in Gaziantep Province. More…

1 Introduction On February 6th, 2023, two strong earthquakes hit near Gaziantep, Turkey, causing widespread damage and exacerbating the already dire humanitarian crisis in the northwest of Syria. In response, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) conducted a…

Humanitarians will launch appeals for Türkiye and Syria in the aftermath of the deadly earthquakes this week, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said on Saturday. Mr. Griffiths was speaking in the Turkish city of Kahramanmaraş, where…

World Vision speaks of deadliest earthquake in a decade, that has created need greater than any other natural disaster they have responded to in over a decade. World Vision warns it could take a generation for survivors…

After five days of search and rescue following Monday’s deadly earthquakes affecting 29 million people across Southern Türkiye and Northern Syria, little hope is left for finding survivors in the rubble. On Monday, February 6th, a…

OVERVIEW Following 7.8 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes on February 6th, 2023, in central Türkiye and Northwest Syria, over 23,000 people have been confirmed dead (19,000+ in Türkiye, 4000+ in Syria), tens of thousands more are injured, and…

**SYRIA/TÜRKIYE **– “We were too scared. We left our houses immediately and couldn’t take anything for the birth, not a single baby cloth. There was no one to communicate with and no place to stay. We…

Situation Overview A second UN aid convoy crossed from Türkiye to north-west Syria today since the earthquakes struck southern Türkiye on 6 February. A total of 14 trucks carried relief supplies provided by the International Organization for…

Key Developments Priority geographical areas: The earthquakes severely affected northwest Syria, home to about 4.5 million people and about 6 million people in Government-controlled areas. Priority needs in both government-controlled areas and northwest include heavy machines for debris…