Today, Wednesday, the Turkish authorities announced the death and loss of a number of people in the cities of Adiyaman and Sanliurfa, as a result of strong floods that hit northern Kurdistan.

An American site, "Green Village," located in northeastern Syria was hit by a rocket attack on Monday.

Pope Francis says that celibacy for priests is a “temporary prescription,” signaling a potential end to a centuries-old requirement of the Roman Catholic Church.

Today, Tuesday, the Turkish authorities reported that a new earthquake measuring 4.7 hit the southeastern state of Kahramanmaras.

The two very large earthquakes of February 6 caused an estimated $34.2 billion in direct physical damages in Türkiye, the equivalent of 4% of the country’s 2021 GDP, according to a World Bank rapid damage assessment report released today. The report also acknowledges that recovery and reconstruction costs will be much larger, potentially twice as large, and that GDP losses associated to economic disruptions will also add to the cost of the earthquakes.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres launched a humanitarian "appeal" to raise $397 million to help those affected by the earthquake in Syria.