Aid of 13.6 million dollars from the mother of the president of the United Arab Emirates to Turkey and Syria

Sheikha Fatima, who is also the president of the UAE Women’s General Union, instructed the Women’s Refugee Fund to support the “Bridges of Kindness” relief campaign launched by the UAE Red Crescent with AED 50 million. .

According to the news from the official UAE agency WAM, the aid is intended to reduce the effects of the humanitarian disaster caused by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Meanwhile, the president of the United Arab Emirates, Bin Zayed, instructed that for those who lost their lives in the friendly and brother countries Turkey and Syria due to the earthquakes, a funeral prayer will be held in absentia after the Friday prayer in mosques. of all country. tomorrow.

THEY SENT AN AID TEAM TO TURKEY AND SYRIA

Following the 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes that affected 10 provinces centered in Kahramanmaraş, the United Arab Emirates, which was one of the countries that took action, sent search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid to Turkey and Syria.

On the second day of the earthquake disaster, on February 7, the United Arab Emirates, which announced $100 million in support to the Turkish and Syrian regions, sent 22 planes carrying 640 tons of relief materials for the victims of the earthquake. earthquake in Turkey and Syria, through the air aid corridor it has created.

While food supplies and 515 tents were delivered to Syria with 7 planes, 15 planes carrying a fully equipped mobile field hospital as well as search and rescue teams were reported to have arrived in Turkey. (AA)