Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Tunisia and Pakistan announced sending a lot of aid to Turkey and Syria to support them in facing the earthquakes that hit them at dawn on Monday. Over the course of Monday and Tuesday, 13 Arab countries announced the establishment of air bridges and the provision of urgent relief and medical aid to support Turkey.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Tunisia and Pakistan announced, on Tuesday, that they had sent a lot of aid to Turkey and Syria to support them in facing the earthquake that struck them at dawn on Monday.
And Egypt announced, on Tuesday evening, that it had sent 5 relief planes to support Turkey and Syria in confronting the devastating earthquake.
At dawn on Monday, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, followed hours later by another with a magnitude of 7.6 and dozens of aftershocks, leaving huge losses of lives and property in both countries.
And according to the official Egyptian News Agency, "Egypt is sending 5 military planes loaded with urgent medical aid to Syria and Turkey, under the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi."
Earlier on Tuesday evening, Sisi made a phone call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a statement by the Egyptian presidency, in which he affirmed "Egypt's solidarity with the brotherly Turkish people, and the provision of humanitarian assistance and relief to overcome the effects of this disaster."
For his part, the Saudi monarch, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and his crown prince, Prince Muhammad bin Salman, directed, on Tuesday, to conduct an air bridge to support Turkey and Syria to confront the earthquake that struck them.
And the Saudi Press Agency reported that the Saudi king and the crown prince directed “the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action (King Salman) to operate an air bridge and provide health, shelter, food and logistical assistance to mitigate the effects of the earthquake on the Syrian and Turkish peoples.”
The king and the crown prince also directed to "organize a popular campaign through the (governmental) Sahem platform to help the earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey."
For his part, the President of the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, announced, on Tuesday, the provision of 100 million dollars, for the relief of those affected by the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
According to the UAE official agency, the initiative includes "providing $50 million to the brotherly Syrian people affected by earthquakes, in addition to $50 million to the friendly Turkish people."
On Tuesday, the Tunisian authorities sent two aid shipments and two rescue teams to Turkey and Syria as part of intensive and accelerated international efforts to provide relief to those affected and to participate in efforts to search for survivors under the rubble.
The head of the Tunisian Civil Protection Unit (Civil Defense), Brigadier Tariq Al-Waslati, said in a statement: “A Tunisian team consists of 41 members accompanied by 4 dogs, and they were provided with all technological equipment to search among the rubble, including drone equipment (drones) on a mission of no less than 7 days".
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif instructed the formation of a relief fund for those affected by the earthquake in Turkey.
"Prime Minister Sharif has decided to set up a relief fund, in order to help earthquake victims in Turkey during this difficult time," Pakistani Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said on her Twitter account after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Over the course of Monday and Tuesday, 13 Arab countries announced the establishment of air bridges and the provision of urgent relief and medical aid to support Turkey, according to official statements.
These countries are Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Egypt, Lebanon, Algeria, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya, Tunisia, Palestine and Iraq.
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