Syria

President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. would respond “forcefully” to protect its personnel after U.S. forces retaliated with airstrikes on sites in Syria used by groups affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard following a suspected Iranian-linked attack Thursday that killed a U.S. contractor and wounded seven other Americans in northeast Syria.

A U.S. contractor was killed and five U.S. service members and one U.S. contractor were wounded Thursday when a suicide drone hit a Coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria just before 2 p.m. local time.

Nora Abdulla, a doctor with MedGlobal, provided aid to those affected by last month’s earthquakes.

Nora Abdulla, a doctor with MedGlobal, provided aid to those affected by last month’s earthquakes.

A third major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria overnight, and Texas Baptist Men are working to send supplies and aid to the region.

Trukish North Texans are working once again to provide aid to their native land after another earthquake hits Turkey.

After another natural disaster, Turkish North Texans are continuing to provide aid to those affected.

Monday’s earthquake was centered in the town of Defne, in Turkey’s Hatay province, one of the worst-hit regions in the magnitude 7.8 quake that hit on Feb. 6.

Syrian state media agency SANA, citing a military source, reported that five people had been killed, among them a soldier, and 15 civilians wounded, along with “destruction of a number of residential buildings.”

Video of the rescue shows the 42-year-old woman being pulled up from under the rubble and carried out on a stretcher.

The Red Cross has mobilized to help with earthquake relief efforts in Turkey and Syria. Learn how you can help.

A bake sale outside the Islamic Association of Collin County in Plano raised more than $3,500 this week to help with the recovery from earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

The desperate search for earthquake survivors in Turkey and Syria entered its final hours Monday as rescuers using sniffer dogs and thermal cameras surveyed pulverized apartment blocks for any sign of life a week after the disaster.

In Plano on Sunday, members of the Turkish Society of Texas accepted donations of everything from blankets and diapers to tents and generators.

Five days after two powerful earthquakes hours apart caused thousands of buildings to collapse, killing more than 28,000 people and leaving millions homeless, rescuers were still pulling unlikely survivors from the ruins. Although each rescue elicited hugs and shouts of “Allahu akbar!” — “God is great!” — from the weary men and women working tirelessly in the freezing temperatures to...

All this past week, the Turkish American Association of Northern Texas worked around the clock to collect donations to get much-needed supplies to people impacted by the disastrous earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

All this past week, the Turkish American Association of Northern Texas worked around the clock to collect donations to get much-needed supplies to people impacted by the disastrous earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Rescuers have pulled more than a dozen people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings after a catastrophic earthquake slammed Turkey and Syria.

Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in a catastrophic earthquake huddled around campfires and clamored for food and water in the bitter cold, three days after the temblor and series of aftershocks hit Turkey and Syria, killing more than 20,000.

Volunteers were prepared to work through the night in a cold Garland warehouse Wednesday as donations arrived for those affected in Syria and Turkey.