The UAE opens 300 housing units in Syria for earthquake survivors

The UAE has opened hundreds of housing units to shelter families displaced by last year's earthquake in Syria.

About 300 housing units were opened, as part of a project to build 1,000 homes in the city of Latakia, western Syria.

The official Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported that the units will provide shelter for about 1,500 people.

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred near the Turkish-Syrian border in the early hours of February 6 last year killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and more than 7,000 in Syria.

This was followed by a second earthquake of equal strength, with a series of aftershocks that increased the devastation.

Thousands of homes were destroyed, leaving survivors at the mercy of harsh winter conditions.

The UAE housing project is part of Operation Gallant Night 2 implemented by the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, which aims to support those affected by the earthquake.

The Emirates Red Crescent team also laid the foundation stone for another residential project that will include 500 homes. Photo: WAM

A team led by Rashid Mubarak Al Mansouri, Acting Secretary-General of the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, laid the foundation stone for another project that will include 500 homes.

It will also provide residents with a school complex, a mall, a mosque, a medical center and other infrastructure services.

A relief ship carrying 196 tons of medical equipment and supplies was also sent to Syria, in addition to buses and a plane carrying medical aid and medicines to support the government and the medical sector in the country.

In Latakia, the Emirates Red Crescent Initiative has so far provided medical equipment and supplies, 10 buses, medical furniture and medicines worth 40 million dirhams ($10.8 million). Seven hospitals serving more than nine million people have benefited from this.

About 40 schools were repaired and renovated, and 277 computers, 204 desks, 60 dental chairs, and six mobile x-ray machines were provided.

Al Mansouri said that the projects reflect the Emirates Red Crescent Authority’s commitment to its humanitarian mission to support the Syrian people and improve their living conditions after the earthquake.

Updated: March 1, 2024, 5:50 AM

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