Daily Archives: February 18, 2023

2023-02-18: News Headlines

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-02-18). After the earthquake, Syria faces new health concerns. peoplesdispatch.org The earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6 added to the stress shouldered by health workers and services in Syria, already weakened by sanctions and conflict…

ecns.cn (2023-02-18). Made-in-Chengdu relief supplies sent to aid Syria. ecns.cn On Thursday, a truck carrying 200 disaster relief tents and 200 sets of thickened down sleeping bags sped out of Dacheng Industrial Park in Qingbaijiang District of Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan Province.

Ralph Nader (2023-02-18). Letter to Tim Cook, Other Ultra-rich CEOs and Hedge Fund Titans. dissidentvoice.org The victims of the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria need your help now. The surviving families and children and those rescued alive from the rubble are in serious danger in affected wintertime impoverished regions. Refugees in other places fleeing their war-torn homelands are also suffering. International aid agencies are grossly insufficient for these …

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-18). NATO chief compares Georgia to Syria, Crimea, Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2February 17, 2023 We will continue to work closely with partners like Georgia. Such a statement made today the NATO Secretary General According to the Jens Stoltenberg, "the message to the people of Georgia is that the war in Ukraine is part of a pattern, a pattern that actually started with the invasion of Georgia". …

The Lancet (2023-02-18). [Editorial] Responding to the Türkiye—Syria earthquake: what will it take? thelancet.com "Such things have always happened. It's part of destiny's plan." The reaction of Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan, Türkiye's President, to the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, betrays a dangerous sense of fatalism, if not an active effort to deflect responsibility. As of Feb 14, the earthquakes have caused more than 35‚Äà000 deaths, and injured many more. As the chances of finding survivors under the rubble diminish, a second catastrophe is looming. The widespread destruction of buildings and infrastructure has left more than a million people homeless in T…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Death toll tops 45,000 in Turkish-Syrian earthquake. wsws.org Amid this preventable social catastrophe, with many thousands of people still under the rubble, the Erdoğan government is seeking to cover up its responsibility and normalize life.

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-02-18). After the earthquake, Syria faces new health concerns. peoplesdispatch.org The earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey on February 6 added to the stress shouldered by health workers and services in Syria, already weakened by sanctions and conflict…

ecns.cn (2023-02-18). Made-in-Chengdu relief supplies sent to aid Syria. ecns.cn On Thursday, a truck carrying 200 disaster relief tents and 200 sets of thickened down sleeping bags sped out of Dacheng Industrial Park in Qingbaijiang District of Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan Province.

Ralph Nader (2023-02-18). Letter to Tim Cook, Other Ultra-rich CEOs and Hedge Fund Titans. dissidentvoice.org The victims of the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria need your help now. The surviving families and children and those rescued alive from the rubble are in serious danger in affected wintertime impoverished regions. Refugees in other places fleeing their war-torn homelands are also suffering. International aid agencies are grossly insufficient for these …

Rick Rozoff (2023-02-18). NATO chief compares Georgia to Syria, Crimea, Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rustavi2February 17, 2023 We will continue to work closely with partners like Georgia. Such a statement made today the NATO Secretary General According to the Jens Stoltenberg, "the message to the people of Georgia is that the war in Ukraine is part of a pattern, a pattern that actually started with the invasion of Georgia". …

The Lancet (2023-02-18). [Editorial] Responding to the Türkiye—Syria earthquake: what will it take? thelancet.com "Such things have always happened. It's part of destiny's plan." The reaction of Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan, Türkiye's President, to the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, betrays a dangerous sense of fatalism, if not an active effort to deflect responsibility. As of Feb 14, the earthquakes have caused more than 35‚Äà000 deaths, and injured many more. As the chances of finding survivors under the rubble diminish, a second catastrophe is looming. The widespread destruction of buildings and infrastructure has left more than a million people homeless in T…

WSWS (2023-02-18). Death toll tops 45,000 in Turkish-Syrian earthquake. wsws.org Amid this preventable social catastrophe, with many thousands of people still under the rubble, the Erdoğan government is seeking to cover up its responsibility and normalize life.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-02-17). Syria Held Hostage by the US And Its Allies. orinocotribune.com By B. Nimri Aziz — Feb 13, 2023 | Perhaps the most agonizing experience for a family, for any bystander, even for humanitarian professionals, is a double tragedy—a death or calamity where they are refused access, where they are forced to helplessly witness suffering, unable to offer succor. This is surely what faces millions of able-bodied Syrians today. It affects Syrians within the stricken nation along with their faraway relatives and friends. | Anyone seeing suffering is involuntarily driven forward— to assist. Yet Syrians globally, those most affected by the agonizing images and stories emer…

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-02-18). Regresan a Venezuela brigadistas tras cumplir misión en Türkiye. telesurtv.net El contingente fue recibido por el ministro de Exteriores y por el embajador de Türkiye, Ayudan Karamanolu.

teleSUR, MER (2023-02-18). Aumenta a 39.672 la cifra de muertos por terremotos en Türkiye. telesurtv.net Unos 82.000 edificios terminaron devastados, al borde del colapso o con daño severo por los terremotos.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-02-18). Culminan tareas de búsqueda y rescate en Siria tras terremoto. telesurtv.net El presidente Bashar Al Asad sirio agradeció a los países que prestaron su ayuda solidaria desde las primeras horas del desastre.

Laith Fadel (2023-02-17). Nikki Haley Announces Presidential Bid: Can She Win? america.cgtn.com Nikki Haley, the former U.S. governor of South Carolina, has announced she is running for president in 2024 as a Republican primary candidate. She previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The 51-year-old Haley will challenge her former boss President Donald Trump, who is 76. …

Anonymous669 (2023-02-17). Hezbollah Leader Warns U.S. Against Creating Chaos In Lebanon, Says Israel Will Pay. southfront.org Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah during his televised speech on February 16. | Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has warned the United States against creating chaos in Lebanon, saying that the retaliation of his group would be "unimaginable". | Speaking on February 16 at a ceremony that was organized to commemorate Hezbollah's late commanders, Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Abbas Al-Moussawi and Hajj Imad Mughniyeh, Nasrallah said that whoever "pushes…

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