Italy Delivers Aid to Syria via Beirut Crossing After Earthquake

Following the earthquake, a humanitarian aid shipment from Italy arrived at a crossing point in Beirut, Lebanon, according to Reuters. Italian Ambassador to Damascus Massimiliano D’Antuono confirmed that Italy’s aid to Syrian government controlled areas had reached Beirut as part of the first European Union relief convoy to the Syrian authorities since the disaster struck. The mission included a team of four doctors and a 30-ton cargo that comprised four ambulances and thirteen pallets of medical supplies, illustrating a coordinated international response to the crisis.