The latest temblor, measuring 5.2 in magnitude, shook parts of the same area stricken by a far stronger quake on Feb. 6 that killed more than 50,000 people in the country and in neighboring Syria.
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Syria’s Assad Uses Disaster Diplomacy to Inch Back Onto World Stage
“A tragedy for Syrians is a boon for Assad because nobody else wants to manage this mess,” one analyst said of President Bashar al-Assad, who became a global pariah for his regime’s abuses during a civil war.
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A Week After Quake, 9 Survivors Are Rescued From the Rubble in Turkey
Among those rescued were two brothers who ate protein power and swallowed gulps of air, rare bright spots in one of the bleakest periods in memory for Turkey.
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Syria’s Leader Agrees to 2 Border Crossings for Quake Aid
The decision is the first time that President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to the cross-border delivery of humanitarian aid to opposition-held territory since the civil war began.
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Little International Earthquake Aid Has Come to Hard-Hit Corner of Syria
Since a disastrous earthquake a week ago, little international aid has come to the hard-hit northwest of Syria, which is under the control of opposition forces.