MailOnline answers all the key questions. What happened and where? In the early hours of Monday morning, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit central Turkey, about 60 miles from the Syrian border and ...

One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Turkey struck on Monday, killing thousands of people and devastating a densely populated region of southern Turkey and northern Syria.

To better understand what’s happening, here’s a brief background on the key players ... During the Syrian civil war—which began in 2011 after large-scale protests broke out amid the broader ...

Many of the images from Turkey and Syria, showing the sheer scale of the earthquake destruction ... This is essentially a live map, which aims to provide a real-time view of the damage caused ...

Haunting satellite images are starting to come through, showing the level of destruction left behind in Turkey by the series of earthquakes that devastated the region near its border with Syria.

Key to any resolution of the hostilities is Turkey, which backs the Free Syrian Army fighting alongside HTS. "The attack could not have taken place without Turkey's tacit approval," Middle East ...

A stable Syria is key to Ankara’s goal ... at a reduced scale, at Hmeimim Air Base. Lindenstrauss noted that the full details of the Turkey-Syria agreement have not yet been released.