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The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

The student news site of The Harker School.

Harker Aquila

Civilians stand in the wreckage of crumpled buildings in the village of Besnia near the town of Harim, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province on the border with Türkiye. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit areas of southern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6, resulting in at least 50,000 deaths and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.

Kahramanmaras earthquake strikes Turkey, Syria

by Sally Zhu, Co-Editor in Chief March 13, 2023

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit areas of southern Turkey and northern Syria on Feb. 6, resulting in at least 50,000 deaths and leaving hundreds of thousands homeless.  According to the March 2 U.S....

Against the Current: The refugee story

Against the Current: The refugee story

by Mahika Halepete, Special Story Writer September 1, 2018

On September 2, 2015, Maria Tran saw a photograph depicting three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi washed up on a shore near Bodrum, Turkey. The photo had circulated in the news, altering the perspective...

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