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Kurdish officials want Canada to help set up tribunal to try Islamic State suspects
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 26, 2022 a picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate, during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces. - Canada will repatriate six women and 13 infants who have been detained in northeast Syria in camps for family members of Islamic State Group fighters, Ottawa announced January 20, 2023. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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In war-torn Idlib, Syrians pick up pieces alone after earthquake
A man sits atop the ruins of a home where his relatives once lived in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in the rebel-held town of Harem, in Idlib governorate, Syria, February 14, 2023. REUTERS/Emilie Madi
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Three women, two children pulled from rubble in Turkey; some aid reaches Syria
Displaced people receive food aid, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem
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MPs want Canada to match more charities for Turkey and Syria earthquake donations
People who lost their houses in the devastating earthquake, lineup to receive food at a makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. A cross-section of MPs say Ottawa should cost-match donations with more organizations who are responding to devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Hussein Malla
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Gunmen storm hospital of newborn saved from earthquake in Syria
A baby girl who was born under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey receives treatment inside an incubator at a children's hospital in the town of Afrin, Aleppo province, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. Residents in a northwest Syrian town discovered a crying infant whose mother gave birth to her while buried underneath the rubble of a five-story apartment building leveled by this week's devastating earthquake, relatives and a doctor said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
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Earthquake rescuers still finding survivors as death toll surpasses 40,000 in Turkey, Syria
Rescue workers pull out Muhammed Enes Yeninar from the debris of a collapsed building in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Rescuers on Tuesday were working to reach people under the rubble in three provinces hit hard by the devastating quakes that hit Turkey and Syria last week. The death toll from the magnitude 7.8 and 7.5 quakes that struck nine hours apart on Feb. 6 in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria passed 35,000, and was certain to increase as search teams find more bodies.(Ismail Coskun/IHA via AP)
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Desperate wait for help in Syria as earthquake rescue operations continue
Abdel Qader Abdelrahman, a volunteer at the Syria Civil Defence (White Helmets), stands at the site of damaged buildings in the aftermath of an earthquake, in the rebel-held town of Jandaris, Syria February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
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Survivors pulled from rubble a week after Turkey earthquake
Rescuers carry Serap Donmez, a Turkish woman who was rescued after 177 hours, as the search for survivors continues, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Hatay, Turkey February 13, 2023. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
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U.S. urges UN vote to approve more aid access to Syria via Turkey
A man sits by rubble of collapsed building in the historic southern city of Antakya is pictured on February 12, 2023, after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria earlier in the week. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP) (Photo by YASIN AKGUL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Death toll in Turkey, Syria quake tops 33,000 as Turkey starts legal action against builders
An aerial photo shows collapsed buildings in Antakya on February 11, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast earlier in the week. - The death toll from a massive earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria climbed to more than 20,000 on February 9, 2023, as hopes faded of finding survivors stuck under rubble in freezing weather. (Photo by Hassan AYADI / AFP) (Photo by HASSAN AYADI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Five days later, rescuers are still finding survivors in earthquake-hit Turkey and Syria as death toll tops 28,000
Turkish rescue workers carry Ergin Guzeloglan, 36, to an ambulance after pulled him out from a collapsed building five days after an earthquake in Hatay, southern Turkey, early Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Emergency crews made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey on Friday, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, four days after a catastrophic earthquake. (AP Photo/Can Ozer)
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Earthquake brings chance for Syria’s Assad to ease isolation
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C) visits neighbourhoods affected by an earthquake in the northern city of Aleppo, on February 10, 2023. - Almost 22,000 people are confirmed dead across Turkey and Syria in one of the worst disasters to hit the region in a around a century. More than 3,300 of them have been killed in Syria, according to health ministry figures and a rescue group. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Several survivors pulled from rubble days after deadly earthquake in Turkey, Syria
A collapsed apartment complex is cleared in Antakya, the capital of Hatay Province, Turkey on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. The death toll in Turkey and Syria from this week’s catastrophic earthquake surpassed 23,600 on Friday as relief organizations struggled to overcome an array of obstacles to deliver aid to survivors in both countries. (Emily Garthwaite/The New York Times)
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