Russia Sends 25 Tons of Aid to Syria

Russia has donated over 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria in the provinces of Homs and Aleppo, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday, according to Sputnik News.

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"Citizens of Mharram al-Fauqani (Homs province) and Fajdan (Aleppo) have received 8 tons of humanitarian cargoes. Flour, food products and sweets are the basis of the cargos.

"Aircraft of Abakan Air Russian aviation company have dropped 18 tons of UN humanitarian cargoes (food products and grains) on Deir ez-Zor, which had been besieged by ISIS terrorists," the Russian Hmeymim-based reconciliation center in Syria said in a statement Sunday.

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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered the Hmeymim airbase command to increase assistance to the Syrian population on Saturday.

Along with humanitarian aid, Russia is also working with the Syrian government to combat the anti-government forces, including the Islamic State group.