Qatar announces emergency aid for Syria's Eastern Ghouta
Xinhua,February 24, 2018 Adjust font size:
DOHA, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) announced huge financial aid to support the humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta, Qatar News Agency(QNA) reported Saturday.
According to QNA report, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is currently cooperating with local partners to secure medical supplies, in addition to distribute 34,500 food meals over 17 days in the distressed area.
Over the last few days, the military operations took place in eastern Ghouta, a militant-controlled suburb of Damascus, which resulted in 403 dead and more than 2,116 wounded.
UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura pleaded for a truce to halt one of the fiercest air assaults of the seven-year civil war and prevent a "massacre" in the besieged Eastern Ghouta.
Earlier on Thursday, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar called on the Syrian government to halt the bombing of eastern Ghouta.
The leaders of the three Gulf countries will meet with the U.S. President Donald Trump in March and May to resolve the Gulf dispute which began on June 6 by boycotting Qatar, and discuss the Middle East peace and security. Enditem