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Quake death toll hits 3,480 in Syria: monitor

STORY: Quake death toll hits 3,480 in Syria: monitor DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue operations at earthquake sites STORYLINE: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Wednesday that 3,480 people have been killed and about 3,000 injured in Monday's massive earthquakes in Syria. According to the war monitor, the fatalities include 1,570 in government-controlled cities and 1,910 in rebel-held areas. Meanwhile, the Syrian Health Ministry said the death toll has hit 1,260, with 2,285 injured. According to the Syrian government, rescue missions are still underway in the Syrian provinces of Aleppo, Latakia and Tartous. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from ERBIL, Iraq. (XHTV)

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Aleppo residents in Syria recount horrifying moments of deadly earthquakes

STORY: Aleppo residents in Syria recount horrifying moments of deadly earthquakes DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Aleppo province in Syria 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD BOUSHI, Aleppo citizen 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD, Aleppo citizen 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): MAMDOUH BAROT, Aleppo citizen 5. various of earthquake scenes in Syria 6. various of earthquake scenes in Türkiye STORYLINE: People are still in shock and panic in the northern Aleppo province, one of the worst-affected Syrian areas, after the catastrophic earthquake that jolted parts of Syria and Türkiye earlier on Monday. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring more than 1,300. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD BOUSHI, Aleppo citizen "We felt th

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SYRIA-LATAKIA-JABLEH-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work near the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-LATAKIA-JABLEH-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People search for survivors among the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-LATAKIA-JABLEH-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work near the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-LATAKIA-JABLEH-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People search for survivors among the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-LATAKIA-JABLEH-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work among the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-LATAKIA-JABLEH-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- JABLEH (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People search for survivors among the rubble of a building destroyed in a powerful earthquake in the city of Jableh, Latakia province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-HAMA-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- HAMA (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People injured in a powerful earthquake are treated at a hospital in Hama province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-HAMA-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- HAMA (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People transfer a victim of a powerful earthquake in the al-Arbaeen neighborhood in Hama province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-HAMA-EARTHQUAKE-RESCUE

(230206) -- HAMA (SYRIA), Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work around a damaged building after a powerful earthquake in the al-Arbaeen neighborhood in Hama province, Syria, on Feb. 6, 2023. According to the Syrian health ministry and the Britain-based pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the northern Syrian provinces of Latakia, Tartous, Hama, Aleppo, and Idlib on Monday, killing at least 870 and injuring 1,326. (Str/Xinhua)

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Syria's displaced children

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo taken in Tartous, western Syria, on Sept. 24, 2013, shows children with backpacks provided by UNICEF outside a makeshift tent "classroom" set up at a center for people who have fled their homes amid the civil war.

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Syria's displaced children

CAIRO, Egypt - Girls pose for photos on Sept. 24, 2013, at a primary school in Tartous, western Syria, where families have taken refuge after fleeing their homes amid the Syrian civil war.

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Syria's displaced children

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo taken Sept. 24, 2013, shows children at a primary school in Tartous, western Syria, where families have taken refuge after fleeing their homes amid the Syrian civil war.

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Syria's displaced children

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo taken in Tartous, western Syria, on Sept. 24, 2013, shows children in a makeshift tent "classroom" set up at a center for people who have fled their homes amid the civil war.

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Syria's displaced children

CAIRO, Egypt - Photo taken Sept. 24, 2013, shows children on the playground of a primary school in Tartous, western Syria, where families have taken refuge after fleeing their homes amid the Syrian civil war.

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-MIGRANT BOAT-VICTIMS

(220926) -- DAMASCUS, Sept. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Syrian boats search for victims of a migrant boat which sank off the Syrian shore last Thursday in the city of Tartous, Syria, Sept. 25, 2022. A total of 102 bodies have so far been found after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off the Syrian shore, while 40 others were still missing, a war monitor reported on Sunday. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-MIGRANT BOAT-VICTIMS

(220926) -- DAMASCUS, Sept. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Syrian Red Crescent worker helps move the bodies of victims of a migrant boat which sank off the Syrian shore last Thursday in the city of Tartous, Syria, Sept. 25, 2022. A total of 102 bodies have so far been found after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off the Syrian shore, while 40 others were still missing, a war monitor reported on Sunday. (Str/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-MIGRANT BOAT-VICTIMS

(220926) -- DAMASCUS, Sept. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Syrian Red Crescent worker helps move the bodies of victims of a migrant boat which sank off the Syrian shore last Thursday in the city of Tartous, Syria, Sept. 25, 2022. A total of 102 bodies have so far been found after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off the Syrian shore, while 40 others were still missing, a war monitor reported on Sunday. (Str/Xinhua)

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Immigrant boat sinks off Syria, death toll climbs to 77

STORY: Immigrant boat sinks off Syria, death toll climbs to 77 DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ambulances carrying victim bodies leaving al-Basel hospital in Tartous to the Lebanese border STORYLINE: Syria's health minister Hassan al-Ghabbash said Friday that the casualty toll of the immigrant boat that sank in the Syrian territorial water a day before rose to 77, noting that the number is not final, amid an ongoing search mission. In a statement, al-Ghabbash said 20 others people have been saved and currently receiving medical treatment at the al-Basel hospital in the Syrian coastal city of Tartous, as the immigrant boat sank off of its shore. The victims' bodies were found in different areas on the coast of Tartous, said General Director of Sea Ports, Brigadier General Samer Kobrosly, who added that 31 bodies were found on Friday alone. This is the first time during Syria's 11-year war that an immigrant ship sinks in the Syrian wat

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34 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syrian shore

STORY: 34 dead as migrant boat capsizes near Syrian shore DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: OTHER SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue work at the seashore STORYLINE: At least thirty-four people were dead and several others injured after a boat carrying immigrants from Lebanon capsized in the Syrian territorial water on Thursday, the Syria Health Ministry announced. Twenty people onboard the ship were rescued and are currently receiving medical treatment in the coastal city of Tartous, near which the boat sank off, said the ministry, adding that the search is still underway. Citing testimonies from the survivors, the ministry said the boat set off from Lebanon carrying people of several nationalities whose intended destinations were unknown. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus. (XHTV)

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Israeli strike injures two civilians in coastal Syrian village

STORY: Israeli strike injures two civilians in coastal Syrian village DATELINE: July 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of destruction and damages at the targeted site (courtesy: SANA) STORYLINE: Two civilians were wounded at dawn Saturday by an Israeli strike targeting areas in the northwestern province of Tartous, a military statement said. The Israelis carried out the attack from the Mediterranean west of the Lebanese city of Tripoli, targeting poultry farms in the vicinity of Hamidiya town, south of Tartous, the statement read. The attack caused material damage too, it added. The attack is the latest in a series of Israeli military strikes on Syrian sites, which Israel usually claims as Iranian-linked targets. The Syrian government has repeatedly condemned the attacks, accusing Israel of supporting terrorist-designated groups in Syria. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus. (XHTV)

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Syria claims intercepts Israeli missiles in coastal region

STORY: Syria claims intercepts Israeli missiles in coastal region DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:22 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Syrian air defense fire on the Israeli missiles STORYLINE: Syria has intercepted Israeli missiles in its central coast region on Friday, state news agency SANA has reported. Explosions were heard in the Syrian coast cities of Banyas, Tartous, and Jableh, according to the report, adding most of the missiles were intercepted before reaching their targets. Israel frequently bombed Syria's military facilities while claiming it was striking pro-Iran militia bases. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Damascus. (XHTV)