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Iran's ambassador to Syria claimed five to seven people, including some diplomats, were killed and that Tehran's response would be "harsh."

Biden in the call also told Netanyahu that an “immediate ceasefire is essential” and urged Israel to reach deal "without delay," according to the White House.

Israel halted all food, medicine and electricity into the territory after Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack. The Israeli military has, so far, allowed fewer than 40 trucks in.

An appeal for $1 billion to assist survivors is only 10 per cent funded, hampering efforts to tackle the humanitarian crisis, a United Nations official said Monday.

The United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises.

A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000 people.

Ahmed Hallaq lost his 13-year-old cousin and aunt in the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, after it hit Turkey and a large area in northwest Syria -- home to millions.

Efforts to help survivors and count the dead and injured in Syria were marred by the continued divisions from 12 years of civil war.

Rescuers pulled several people alive from the shattered remnants of buildings on Friday, some who survived more than 100 hours trapped under crushed concrete in the bitter cold.

Turkey's president on Saturday raised the death toll in his country to 21,848, while in Syria, the reported number of dead was 3,553.

Rescuers were recorded pulling the newborn child from the chaotic mass of collapsed concrete and rebar in what remained of the family's home of Jindires, Syria.

Rescuers continued their race to pull more people alive from the rubble, with the window closing to find trapped survivors after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria.

Overnight temperatures in the worst-hit areas of the Turkey earthquake are set to dip below freezing, raising concerns about those left homeless and still trapped under the rubble.

Turkey has declared a seven-day national mourning period following the earthquake starting today Feb. 6 to Feb. 12, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced

Hundreds were still believed to be trapped under rubble, and the toll was expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage in cities and towns across the area.

Hundreds are still believed to be trapped under rubble from the Turkey earthquake, and the toll is expected to rise as rescue workers searched mounds of wreckage.

<p> Activists: Syrian forces kill 3 in Damascus suburb as demonstrators gear for weekly protest BEIRUT - Syrian activists say security forces killed three people in a Damascus suburb during an overnight protest against President Bashar Assad's regime. Many activists have recently been opting for nighttime dem</p>

Syria's security forces are pressing a deadly town-by-town crushing of dissent and mass round-up of opposition leaders, rights activists said, as Washington slammed the "barbaric" repression.

Syrian security forces killed at least 16 people Friday, including a teenage boy, as thousands of people poured into the streets across the country calling for the downfall of President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime, activists said.

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says discussions about a "post-Assad Syria" are underway, including what to do about the stockpile of chemical and biological weapons held by the country's regime.