Russian rescuers help 7 Belarusians leave Syria

Russian rescuers evacuated 80 citizens of Russia and CIS member states from Syria. All the people wanted to leave the area of the armed conflict, interfax.by reports.

There were 66 Russians, seven Belarusians, four Ukrainians and there Uzbeks on board the plane. There were 34 children including babies among them. The plane will land in Domodedovo.

The Il-76 delivered over 21.5 tons of humanitarian aid to Syria on Thursday – food, tinned meat and fish, sugar, baby food and the necessities.

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