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3 days ago · 06/01/2024 June 1, 2024. Desperate Syrians are weighing up whether to stay in an increasingly hostile Lebanon or risk dangers of life back in opposition-held areas of Syria.
4 days ago · Quick and automated earthquake-damaged building detection from post-event satellite imagery is crucial, yet it is challenging due to the scarcity of training data required for developing robust algorithms. This letter presents the first dataset dedicated to detecting earthquake-damaged buildings from post-event very high resolution (VHR) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and optical imagery. Utilizing open satellite imagery and annotations acquired after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, we ...
1 day ago · More than 59,000 people were killed last year when a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck parts of southern Turkey and neighboring Syria. The disaster highlighted the poor enforcement of building regulations in Turkey. Istanbul, with an official population of 16 million, lies near the North Anatolian Fault.
3 days ago · The new earthquake in Hatay comes two weeks after a double earthquake struck the province of Kahramanmaraş (south) with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6 degrees. The earthquakes impact affected northern Syria, which left huge losses of lives and property in Turkey and Syria and was felt by the residents of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan.
3 days ago · 05/31/2024 May 31, 2024. As worsening drought impacts the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, countries from Turkey to Syria and Iraq are dealing both with water stress and struggling hydropower plants.
2 days ago · Turkey–Syria War: Turkey has carried out a deadly drone attack in northern Syria. Turkey carried out this attack on Friday evening. Four US-backed fighters have been killed in this drone attack. While 11 civilians were injured. The injured have been taken to the hospital. The Kurdish-led force gave this information.
