More than 19,000 people are now known to have been killed in the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, making it one of the deadliest disasters in a decade.
The Soviet Union's victory over Hitler's army — long a symbol of patriotic pride for Russians — has taken centre stage since the beginning of the military intervention.
Israel says it would stop airstrikes if Palestinian militants halted rocket attacks; fighting broke out after an Israeli operation in a Jenin refugee camp killed nine, including a 61-year-old woman