11 May 2017•Update: 11 May 2017
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A Turkish charity organization sent a mobile health vehicle to Syria's Al-Bab city, which was cleared of Daesh in February by the Turkey-led Operation Euphrates Shield.
Okan Tosun, the head of the Anda Kardese Vefa organization, told Anadolu Agency on Thursday that the mobile clinic had reached the region Wednesday and was operational Thursday.
"The vehicle which has six examination rooms and an operating room is in service starting today," Tosun said.
He went on to say that the vehicle would provide healthcare service for two months.
Meanwhile, the Turkish Red Crescent Society, Kizilay, and other charity organizations also sent a total of four humanitarian aid trucks to the country's capital Damascus, as well as to the Hama, Khan Sheikhun and Latakia regions.
The financial cost of the Turkish Red Crescent’s humanitarian aid has exceeded 2 billion Turkish Liras (around $560 million) since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, according to the organization.
Turkey, hosting more Syrian refugees than any other country in the world, says it has spent around $25 billion helping and sheltering refugees during that time.
Operation Euphrates Shield, which began in late August of last year, was aimed at eliminating the terrorist threat along the Turkish border with the use of the FSA, backed by Turkish artillery and air cover. It ended late March.
Reporting by Erdal Turkoglu and Cem Genco; Writing by Fatma Bulbul
