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Kuwaiti army airplanes departures to Greece for help put out wildfires
KUWAIT, Aug 9 (KUNA) -- The Kuwaiti army announced Monday that two Air Force transport planes left to Greece with Some 40 Kuwaiti firefighters to help put out massive wildfires still raging in coastal towns of the European country.
Directorate of the moral guidance and public relations of the army said that the aid comes as per His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's instructions.
The two airplanes departured from Abdullah Al-Mubarak air base with the attendance of Chief of the Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mekrad, Charge d'Affairs at the Embassy of Greece in Kuwait Antonius Hazeroglu and a number of air base officers. (end)
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