Hostilities Set Aside As Rivals Offer Help After Deadly Quake in Turkey, Syria, by Patrick Goodenough

(CNSNews.com) – As countries scramble to support rescue and aid efforts in southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, the tragedy resulting from Monday’s 7.8-magnitude earthquake has provided opportunities for some unlikely offers of assistance in a region marked by long-held, deep hostilities.

Greece was quick to offer condolences and concrete help to Turkey, its neighbor and traditional rival, setting aside significant tensions over territorial disputes in the Aegean Sea and exploratory drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean. …

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