The team of Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, has distributed winter aid packages to Syrian refuges in Erbil of Iraq's Kurdistan region, who are in need of assistance following the blizzard that hit the Levant and Iraq.
Dr. Mohamed Ateeq Al Falahi, ERC's Secretary-General said that the intensive ERC campaign is in response to the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the orders of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and the follow up of H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in the Western Region, ERC Chairman, to provide relief assistance to refugees and those affected by the winter storm.