50 tonnes of EU humanitarian aid for Syria arrives in Turkey

50 tonnes of health supplies from EU stockpiles arrived in Turkiye on Thursday, for distribution by the World Health Organization. The supplies are mainly trauma and surgical kits that will enable doctors in Syria to deliver thousands of surgical operations and to care injured patients.

Lorenzo Dal Monte, WHO Planning Analyst said  "Humanitarian supplies will be distributed to the health facilities and to the doctors in Syria, according to the humanitarian principles. The whole Syria will benefit. Idleb and Aleppo in particular, these two governorates. All this in accordance with the principles of neutrality and impartiality with the intention to not discriminating anybody. Most important to bring some humanity on the table." 

The aid will be transported by trucks and will arrive to Syria via the Turkish border crossing in neighbouring Hatay province.