Launching a project to build about 1,000 housing units for quake-affected people in Lattakia province

Lattakia Governorate, in cooperation with the Emirates Red Crescent, launched from Al-Gharraf neighborhood site a project to build prefabricated temporary shelters for those affected by the earthquake in Lattakia Governorate.

SANA’s correspondent reported that the project includes about 1,000 housing units with service headquarters distributed in seven regions in the cities of Lattakia, Jableh, and the village of Istamo.

The total area of the project is 100 dunums, on which Lattakia province accomplished rehabilitating the infrastructure, in preparation for setting up these units over seven sites.

Lattakia Governor, Amer Hilal, said that the brothers in the UAE have supported the Syrians since the earthquake occurred, and provided assistance in implementation of the directives of President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as they participated in the search and rescue operations and provided relief and humanitarian support.

Head of the UAE Red Crescent delegation, Mohammed al Ku’aibi said that since the first day of the earthquake, his country firmed a team to rescue the affected people, along with establishing air relief bridges to offer food and health items, explaining that constructing theses shelters would ease pressure on the shelter centers.

Inas Abdulkareem