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QUAKE RESPONSE GROWS AS DEATH TOLL CLIMBS

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QUAKE RESPONSE GROWS AS DEATH TOLL CLIMBS

A week after twin 7.8 and 7.5 earthquakes devastated the nations of Turkey and Syria, rescue efforts continue against increasing odds of finding survivors in the rubble. The death toll increased to more than 33,000 people in both nations.

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MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY ROCK MIDDLE EAST

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MASSIVE EARTHQUAKES IN TURKEY ROCK MIDDLE EAST

Rescue workers are pouring into Southern Turkey from around the Mideast Region after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake on Sunday was followed by powerful aftershocks on Monday morning, killing at least 1,760 people in southern Turkey and over 1,000 people in Northern Syria, with some experts predicting that the death toll could balloon to over 15,000 in the coming days.

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KURDS UNDER THREAT ON EVERY SIDE

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KURDS UNDER THREAT ON EVERY SIDE

A terrorist attack in Istanbul, Turkey, and ongoing protests against the regime in Iran have coincided to bring the Kurdish people under enormous pressure across Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey.

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IRAN ATTACKS IRAQI KURDISTAN

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IRAN ATTACKS IRAQI KURDISTAN

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired dozens of ballistic missiles, artillery shells, and launched several kamikaze drones into Iraqi Kurdistan last week, targeting five different sites associated with Iranian Kurdish parties. At least 14 people were killed in the strikes, including a pregnant mother and an American citizen. Over 50 people were injured.

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ISIS ATTACK IN NE SYRIA FREES PRISONERS, STREET BATTLES ONGOING

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ISIS ATTACK IN NE SYRIA FREES PRISONERS, STREET BATTLES ONGOING

Thousands of Iraqi migrants, including an estimated 8,000 from the Kurdistan Region, are trapped on the border of Belarus and Poland, victims of an intensifying showdown in Eastern Europe between the European Union and Russia-aligned Belarus.