Russia to send two planes with humanitarian aid to Syria

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 The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is preparing to send two planes with 44 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Syria.

“Consistent with the directives of the Russian president and government, it is planned to take humanitarian aid to the population of the Syrian Arab Republic suffering from hostilities,” says a report published on the ministry website on Monday, Voice of Russia, Interfax .

Ilyushin Il-62 and Il-76 jets from the ministry will take aboard respectively 11.02 tonnes and 33.5 tonnes of humanitarian aid, the report said.

The date of the planes’ departure to Syria has not been reported.

M.D

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