Recently, Turkey and Syria have been hit hard by a couple of powerful earthquakes. At the time of writing this piece, over 15,000 people had died and 6000 houses had been destroyed in these two neighboring countries according to the preliminary reports. Due to freezing weather conditions and snowfall, the rescue and relief works are getting very much difficult. Besides, providing effective assistance in the rebel-held North-West part of Syria is another big challenge to the authorities. Thus, it is yet to see how the local communities, government, and international communities deal with this horrible situation.

ANKARA, Feb 12:  Turkey will strike Syrian government forces anywhere it sees in northern Syria if another Turkish soldier is hurt, and it could use air power, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.