Yesterday, Operation “The Gallant Knight 2”, launched by the Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defense, completed its 50th day of giving and continuous support to the Syrian Arab Republic, as a result of the earthquake that occurred last month, during which 171 aircraft loaded with basic foodstuffs, medicines and medical supplies were flown. With a weight of 6510 tons.
With the occurrence of the February 6 earthquake, the UAE search and rescue team moved to search for survivors under the rubble of fallen buildings. After that, the UAE donated search and rescue equipment used in rescue operations to the Syrian Civil Defense. Members of the Civil Defense Directorate in Lattakia and the Military Construction Corporation were also trained to form Professionally trained small teams, on the latest search and rescue equipment and equipment that comply with the highest international standards.
The Emirates Red Crescent Authority had the largest role in distributing food parcels to those affected, providing them with basic needs and supporting hospitals with medicines, in addition to setting up a temporary shelter camp for those affected by the earthquake, which includes 50 tents, accommodating 300 people, and equipped with beds, blankets, solar lighting and food parcels, in order to secure shelter. necessary for the afflicted and affected by the earthquake in Syria.
The head of the delegation of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority in Syria, Muhammad Al-Kaabi, said that with the occurrence of the earthquake, the Disaster and Crisis Management in the “Crescent” detected a distress call from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent for the International Crescent teams, and the “Emirati Giving” began on February 6 by developing an integrated plan to meet the call. Syrian, and providing full logistical support, with the launch of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the State, Operation Gallant Knight 2, under the Joint Operations Command.
Al-Kaabi added, in a statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), that after the earthquake occurred, the field teams of the Emirates Red Crescent rushed to Turkey and Syria, in order to provide psychological and moral support to those affected by the earthquake, and an air bridge was launched to send food aid and supplies. Medical center to Syria, pointing to the arrival of the first delegation from the “Emirati Red Crescent” on February 15 to the field.
The medical section
With the arrival of the “Crescent” teams to the affected areas, they met with their Syrian counterparts to develop plans for the initial response, by enumerating and evaluating those affected, and providing continuous support to the medical sector. The medical delegation accompanying the Red Crescent delegation delivered medical supplies and medicines to the Syrian Ministry of Health, as well The United Arab Emirates, the Syrian Arab Republic, provided 10 ambulances equipped with the latest technical equipment to enhance the services provided to those affected, in addition to providing medical supplies to a number of hospitals, including the Maternity and Children Hospital in Lattakia.
educational initiatives
On March 5, a gradual return to Syrian schools began, although most of them are used as shelters, and the Crescent teams began distributing more than 10,000 school bags and stationery to several Syrian governorates, as part of the Emirates’ continuous humanitarian and relief efforts to alleviate the suffering of the affected families. And stand by siblings in their current circumstances.
The Emirates Red Crescent team also set up a “study tent” and turned it into a classroom, with the aim of educating the children inside the temporary field camp set up by the Red Crescent’s field team in the “Fayd” area in the Syrian city of Jableh.
On March 12, an Emirati aid ship carrying 1,000 tons (37,500 food parcels) arrived at the port of Lattakia, which was conducted by the Red Crescent Authority as part of Operation “The Gallant Knight 2”, as an extension of the continuous Emirati aid. The ship is the largest amount of aid that arrives at once, and is distributed On the affected areas, in coordination with the “Syrian Red Crescent”.
Ramadan Mir
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, representative of the ruler in the Al Dhafra region and head of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, directed the allocation of 20 million dirhams to implement Ramadan programs in Syria, and with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan; Al-Hilal began implementing Ramadan initiatives targeting nearly 160,000 families, whether affected by the earthquake or otherwise, in several areas in Syria.
The field teams continue to distribute 5,000 food baskets of Ramadan food to Syrian families, implement Ramadan tents in five regions, distribute 75,000 fasting meals, and prepare nearly 10,000 Eid clothes, in addition to a program for zakat al-Fitr, which targets 5,000 families.
In line with the approach of the wise leadership and its interest in the file of people of determination and special needs, the field team of “Al-Hilal” within the framework of “Operation “The Gallant Knight 2”” organized a humanitarian initiative that targeted this group of Syrian brothers. It included the distribution of medicines and nutritional supplements in a number of “elderly” homes, in addition to the distribution of a number of electric wheelchairs to “people of determination” whose homes were destroyed and who lost their families as a result of the earthquake in Lattakia. It is worth noting that Operation “The Gallant Knight 2” is one of the forms of support for the brothers in the Syrian Arab Republic and the Turkish Republic, with the participation of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation for Humanitarian Works, and the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Foundation. for charitable and humanitarian work, and the Emirates Red Crescent.
• Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan directed the allocation of 20 million dirhams for the implementation of Ramadan programs in Syria.
