UAE delivers $30m in humanitarian aid to those who fled from Lebanon to Syria

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced its provision of $30 million in humanitarian aid to support Lebanese civilians fleeing to Syria, amid Israel’s ongoing attacks on Lebanon and the escalation of its bombardment and invasion.

According to official Emirati news agency, WAM, today, the UAE’s President, Mohammed Bin Zayed, ordered the provision of emergency aid to be directed to Lebanese civilians who have sought refuge in Syria in recent weeks, with the Gulf leader authorising six additional flights to transport the aid directly to Lebanon.

The $30 million allocated to the civilians and refugees is reportedly part of the UAE’s broader $100 million relief package for Lebanon announced last week, which demonstrated Abu Dhabi’s “continuous efforts to support Lebanon through its current challenges, underscoring the nation’s unwavering commitment to assisting the Lebanese people”.

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The UAE’s aid deliveries are the latest significant contribution to be granted to Lebanon and its population amid Israel’s bombardment of many areas in the country’s south and east, as well as the capital, Beirut, over the past week, killing over 1,000 and displacing hundreds of thousands further to the north.

Many of those who fled have notably crossed over into Syria, particularly those Syrian refugees who had settled in Lebanon over the past decade of Syria’s ongoing civil war, with approximately 100,000 people fleeing into Syria from Lebanon.

Reports and footage of the caravans have also indicated that the majority of those who have crossed into Syria are heading towards the territories controlled by the Syrian opposition groups and the Turkish military in the north and north-west of the country rather than the areas controlled by President Bashar Al-Assad’s regime.