Syria Today – New Earthquake Hits Turkey and Syria, Western Countries Boost Aid
THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
February 21, 2023
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After the earthquake, Jordan’s foreign minister Ayman Safadi arrived to Syria on Wednesday in the first such visit since the Syrian conflict.
Netanyahu seeks to make it clear to the Iranian regime that air strikes will continue in Syria, according to Orient Net.
Once thriving neighbourhoods are now destroyed and unlivable.
Damascus is renewing its campaign to end the sanctions due to the earthquake.
Syrians in northwest Syria are left to fend for their fate alone at the height of the disaster, according to Syria TV.
While a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early on Monday, Ankara has resumed strikes on Tel Rifaat.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the dispatch of more than 300 Russian soldiers, according to Athr Press.
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Netanyahu said he agreed with Putin to avoid any military confrontation in Syrian airspace, Baladi News says.
“Diplomatic sources” in Ankara told Al-Watan that the U.S. is trying to sabotage Erdogan’s election campaign.
Bashar al-Assad mortgaged the country’s resources to Russia and Iran, according to Orient Net.
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Diplomatic sources in Ankara confirmed to Al-Watan that Moscow is trying to arrange a meeting between the Syrian and Turkish foreign ministers.
General Patrick Ryder said that Russia’s resort to fighters from the Assad regime in Ukraine is evidence of its international isolation, according to Syria TV.
Iran’s involvement would reduce the potential for Turkey’s delays, evasions, and lack of commitment, Athr Press.
During a meeting with journalists, Assad emphasized the need to “deal pragmatically with international and regional transformations,” according to Syria TV.
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Turkey says it wants a quadrilateral meeting in order to advance in rapprochement with Syria, according to al-Watan.
