Kuwait City: The 15th Kuwaiti plane took off on Wednesday to Damascus International Airport with 40 tons of food and necessary relief material on board as part of the "Kuwait is by Your Side" campaign. Director General of the Kuwait Zakat House, Dr. Majed Al-Azmi, affirmed before takeoff that thanks to the lofty directives of the wise leadership in the country, official bodies continue to combine their efforts to send more diverse relief aid to support and assist brothers in Syria until the situation there stabilizes.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Al-Azmi stated that the aid comes in response to the urgent needs of families for essentials such as food, medicine, shelter, and winter supplies. Flour has been identified as a crucial need for the families, having been selected in coordination and cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.
The Acting Deputy Director General of Zakat House for Resources and Media, Adel Al-Jari, mentioned that Zakat House allocated about 100,000 Kuwaiti dinars as an initial phase for relief trips. These funds originated from donations by benefactors from Kuwait aimed at supporting the Syrian people.
This particular trip marks the first for the Kuwaiti Zakat House, and increases the total Kuwaiti relief aid sent to Syria to date to 443 tons of various relief aid.