Beirut-SANA
Two Italian military planes arrived at Beirut International Airport today, carrying humanitarian and medical aid for the victims of the earthquake that struck Syria last Monday.
The two planes were received by the head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Eng. Khaled Hboubati, the Secretary-General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Hagan Shabagan, a delegation from the International Red Cross Movement, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Italian Embassy, and representatives of the Lebanese Red Cross.
Habbouti pointed out that the assistance of the Italian government and the Italian people includes four doctors specializing in orthopedic and emergency surgery, in addition to four ambulances and medical supplies, once again calling for the lifting of Western sanctions on Syria.
Habbouti said, “If this aid had arrived directly at Damascus airport, it would have been easier, and we would have spared the Lebanese Red Cross suffering, which provided all the assistance.”
In turn, the head of the Italian Medical Mission, Dr. Tammam Youssef, said: This aid is a message of solidarity from the Italian people to the Syrian people, and we, along with a number of doctors, represent the Italian San Donado Group, which took this initiative and tried as much as possible to stand by the Syrian people in this ordeal.
The Minister of Public Works and Transport in the Lebanese caretaker government, Ali Hamieh, said on his Twitter account: “Today, the first humanitarian aid plane to Syria was Italian, and it landed at Beirut airport carrying aid for the people in the earthquake areas, as an implementation of our decision to open our airspace and ports to all planes.” transportation so desired.
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