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Kuwait launches new aid campaign for Syrians in Lebanon

Kuwait Red Crescent Society new relief campaign
Kuwait Red Crescent Society new relief campaign
BEIRUT, July 31 (KUNA) -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society launched on Friday a new relief campaign to aid thousands of Syrian families that have fled their troubled homeland to Lebanon.
Dr. Musaed Al-Enezi, the KRCS envoy in Lebanon, said in a statement to KUNA the campaign aims at securing necessities, sufficient for a month, for thousands of Syrian families. He added that such supplies were handed over, today, to 1,000 families settling in eastern Bekaa valley.
The KRCS will continue securing humanitarian aid to the Syrian refugees in Lebanon and other countries neighboring their homeland, in line with guidelines of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, "the Humanitarian Leader" and the number-one supporter of the Syrian people.
The Kuwaiti society is involved in various activities for helping the Syrians in Lebanon, such as running makeshift hospitals in the northern city, Tripoli, and distributing food parcels to the refugees in several regions.
Some 1.5 million Syrians have taken up refuge in Lebanon. (end) maa.rk