A Saudi aid plane landed at a Syrian airport held by the government of President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday in the first such shipment from the kingdom that has backed the armed opposition to Assad during the country's 11-year civil war.
Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya reported that the plane carrying 35 tons of food and medical aid and shelter arrived at Aleppo International airport as part of a Saudi humanitarian operation to help Syrians affected by last week's deadly earthquake.
It said the operation was carried out on the orders of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. "The directives given to us from the leadership in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to help the brotherly Syrian people affected across Syria," a member of the Saudi delegation told Syrian television.
The person, who was not identified, said that Tuesday's plane was the first of several set to arrive over the next days.
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