Saudi Arabia sends its 19th aid plane to Türkiye for quake victims

Saudi Arabia sends its 19th aid plane to Türkiye for quake victims

Saudi Arabia despatched its nineteenth support airplane on Sunday for victims affected by Türkiye’s Feb. 6 twin earthquakes, whose epicenter was in southern Kahramanmaras province.

The airplane, carrying greater than 27 tons of medical provides and tools, departed from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and headed to Gaziantep Airport in southeastern Türkiye, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

It was despatched as a part of Saudi Arabia’s “aid bridge” established for earthquake victims in Türkiye and Syria.

Saudi Arabia despatched its 18th support airplane to Türkiye on Saturday.

On Feb. 6, magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes struck quite a few Turkish provinces, taking greater than 50,000 lives.

Around 14 million folks in Türkiye have been affected by the quakes in addition to many others in northern Syria.

Source: www.anews.com.tr