A Saudi aid plane lands in Syria’s quake-stricken Aleppo.
A Saudi plane loaded with aid for the victims of the earthquakes landed Tuesday morning in Aleppo (northern Syria), for the first time in more than a decade, according to the Syrian Ministry of Transport.
Airplanes loaded with humanitarian aid have followed one another since the earthquakes which killed more than 35,000 people in Syria and Turkey, breaking the diplomatic isolation of the Syrian government.
The plane which departed King Khalid International Airport at dawn is carrying 35 tons and 322 kilograms of medical aid, food and shelter kits, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA).
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Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, was devastated by earthquakes.
The last Saudi flight to land in Syria dates back to February 2012, according to the Sana agency.
