On Monday, UAE pledged humanitarian assistance worth around $100 million to Syria following an earthquake in Turkey that killed at least 1,000 people in the war-torn country, Emirates News Agency reported.
The UAE is also sending seven aid flights to help with search and rescue operations in Turkey and Syria, two of which will land in Damascus.
The flights included search and rescue teams from the Ministry of Interior, Abu Dhabi Police and Dubai Police, as well as a field hospital, which has been set up in Turkey as part of the UAE's Operation Gallant Knight 2.
The 7.8 magnitude quake struck near the Turkish city of Gaziantep before dawn on Monday, killing more than 1,651 people in Turkey and another 1,100 in neighboring Syria.
Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum “directed urgent humanitarian aid to those affected in Syria,” WAM said.
The assistance is valued at 50 million dirhams, it added.
Countries around the world have mobilized rapidly to send aid and rescue workers to affected areas. The UAE has dispatched a first plane to Adana Airport in southern Turkey “”carrying search and rescue teams, crews, and medical equipment,” WAM said.
The UAE said it was planning to establish a field hospital in Turkey and will also send search and rescue teams to Syria, along with urgent relief supplies and emergency aid, the news agency added.
Earlier on Monday, Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan offered his condolences to his Syrian and Turkish counterparts in two separate phone calls, according to WAM. He “emphasized the UAE's support for Syria and Turkey and offered to provide any assistance in their efforts to mitigate the impact of the earthquake,” it said.
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