150 planes carrying humanitarian and relief aid for those affected by the earthquake arrive in Syria

Damascus (ST): To date, 150 planes carrying humanitarian and relief aid for those affected by the earthquake have arrived at Damascus, Aleppo and Latakia airports, distributed as 59 planes to Damascus airport, 49 planes to Aleppo airport, and 42 planes to Latakia airport.

The Director of the Syrian Civil Aviation Corporation, Engineer Bassem Mansour, announced in a statement today that permissions were given for the landing of new planes carrying aid coming from Mauritania and Malaysia, indicating that the relief aid carried by planes included foodstuffs, blankets, tents, medical equipment, medicines, rescue teams, research equipment  and medical personnel.

Mansour indicated that the planes that arrived were distributed as follows: the United Arab Emirates 58 planes, Iraq 11 planes, Libya Benghazi 11 planes, Iran 9 planes, Algeria 7 planes, the Sultanate of Oman 5 planes, Belarus 5 planes, Tunisia 4 planes, Kazakhstan 4 planes, in addition to 3 planes from each of Russia. China, Egypt, Jordan, Armenia, Chechnya, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, UNICEF, two planes for India and the World Health Organization, and one for Bangladesh, Venezuela, Sudan, Libya, Tripoli and Japan.

K.Q.