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Update, 6th April 2023: On February 6, 2023, magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes struck southeast Türkiye and northwest of Syria, between 4:17 and 4:30 a.m. local time. The initial earthquake, which was centred near Gaziantep in south central Türkiye was the deadliest earthquake to hit the region in twenty years. Since then, over 22 thousand aftershocks have happened and
The group Doctors Without Borders called Sunday for the "urgent scaling up" of earthquake aid to northwest Syria as it delivered a convoy laden with emergency assistance.Aid has been slow to reach Syria's rebel-held areas since the February 6 quake killed a combined total of more than 43,000 people across Turkey and Syria. "An urgent increase in the volume of supplies is needed to match the scale of the humanitarian crisis," said the French aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF).It charged that supplies "currently fail to even match pre-earthquake volumes".
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AMMAN — Many Jordanian households are shifting to kerosene-fuelled heaters this winter following the tax suspension on the fuel derivative. The tax suspension took effect following His Majesty King Abdullah’s directives to freeze the kerosene tax this winter to ease the financial burdens of citizens, especially families with limited income.