Outlook’s latest issue, 'Deliver Us From Greed’, looks at how climate change, poor planning and mindless construction leads to catastrophic ‘natural’ disasters which are marked by greed and arrogance.
With historic buildings across cities and townships razed to rubble in the Turkiye earthquake, citizens, including children, are coming together to help survivors
Parliamentary and presidential elections are due in Turkey in 2023 and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had a declining popularity even before the earthquake, due in part to an economic crisis and concerns over his autocratic...
We are what Marianne Hirsch calls ‘the generation of post-memory’. Exposed to traumatic experiences of years that preceded our birth, we live the trauma — perhaps experienced by a parent, a friend, a city as our own....
The humanitarian group White Helmets was formed early in the Syrian Civil War in 2013-14. The decade of war and conflict prepared the group, also known as Syrian Civil Defense (SCD), for the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit...
Women in particular have shouldered the responsibility of keeping shattered families together during the past 12 years of civil war. The massive earthquake that hit last week is the latest in a litany of hardships for...
Even before the two countries could recuperate from the devastating aftermaths of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6, another massive quake of 6.4 magnitude jolted Turkey and Syria on Monday. A number of buildings...
The 7.8-magnitute earthquake and its strong aftershocks are the latest tragedies to strike Syria that's already battered from over a decade of civil war and terror-related devastation. The Syrian Civil War, now in its 12th...
Aya's mother died right after giving birth under the fallen bricks of the houses. With her parents and all her siblings killed, Aya will be adopted by her...
Both countries are witness to destruction and loss of life on an unprecedented scale. Foreign aid and assistance is the need of the hour.
Adding to the devastating aftermaths of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria, collapse of a quake hit-dam in the small town of Al-Tloul forced many...
As search teams from nearly 30 countries race against time, the last two days have brought dramatic rescue, including small children emerging from mounds of...
Over two dozen countries have sent their relief teams along with relief material to Turkey, including India. The earthquake and the toll is the largest in the...
‘Communities are grappling with an ongoing cholera outbreak and heavy rain and snow. In this context and one of more than a decade of conflict, this...
India also sent six tonnes of relief materials, including life saving medicines and medical items, in a transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) to...
Television images Tuesday showed thick black smoke rising from burning containers at Iskenderun Port on the Mediterranean Sea, in the city of...
A magnitude of 7.8 earthquake shook Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 4,000 people in the two countries. The death toll is expected to rise as...
At least 641 persons have been killed in the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria. Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and...
