Сирийская Арабская Республика
Delivery of Russian humanitarian aid to the Syrian population and assistance to a group of Russian nationals on their return home
PRESS RELEASE
On the 17 June, an aircraft of the Russian Emergencies Ministry delivered another shipment of Russian humanitarian aid (blankets and food) to Latakia, which is intended for the Syrian population suffering from the internal armed conflict.
Russian nationals permanently resident in Syria and their family members, as well as nationals of some other CIS countries who wished to leave the area of the conflict (90 people in total, 62 of them Russian) returned to Moscow on the return flight.
The Russian Federation will continue to provide the necessary humanitarian aid to the Syrian population, as well as assist Russian nationals, who wish to temporarily leave the Syrian Arab Republic for security reasons.
18 June 2014