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Turkey, Syria quake

Four days after a deadly and devastating earthquake hit the Turkish and Syria border regions, rescuers are racing against time to pull out any survivors from the debris. This is the moment when a man was rescued in Turkey after spending more than 104 hours under the rubble. He can be heard reciting the Holy Quran. Another group of rescuers pulled out a woman alive in the Turkish province of Hatay. Across the border, rescuers also found a six year old boy alive under the wreckage in Syria’s northwestern region. A Syrian mother and her ten-day-old baby were also found alive. The rescue operations, however, have been hampered by freezing weather and lack of equipment. The death toll from the powerful earthquake continues to rise and currently stands at over 23-thousand-700. Based on official figures, over 35-hundred have been confirmed dead in Syria while more than twenty-thousand-200 people have died in Turkey. The Turkish president has visited the frontlines of the disaster. He admitted that rescue efforts were very difficult due to the scale of the devastation.

‘Saboteurs arrested’ 

Iran's security forces have arrested the main perpetrators of a failed drone attack on a military site in the central city of Isfahan. In a statement, Iran’s intelligence services said investigations are continuing but the role of Israeli mercenaries in the sabotage attempt has already been established. They added that the failed operation was a desperate response to the crushing blows the Israeli regime has suffered inside the occupied territories. However, the intelligence services stressed that the Israeli aggression won’t remain unanswered and warned the regime of a  "lesson to remember". Late, last month, Iran’s Defense Ministry said it had repelled a drone attack on one of its workshops in Isfahan. The attack did not cause any loss of life and only caused minor damage to the workshop's roof.

US downs new ‘object’ 

The US says it has shot down a high-altitude object over Alaska on the order of President Joe Biden. The White House says the unidentified object was traveling at about 40-thousand-feet when it was intercepted by a fighter jet. National Security Spokesperson John Kirby says it is not clear where the object came from. According to Kirby, it landed in US waters and authorities expect to recover it. The Pentagon has also described the object as unmanned, adding that it was not maneuverable. That’s a careful distinction with the high-altitude Chinese balloon the US shot down on February 4. The balloon incident has triggered tensions with Beijing, which has slammed the US move as overreaction. 

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