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#Russian earthquake hospital starts operating in #Syria

Over 30 professionals work in the unit, including surgeons, traumatologists, physicians, pediatricians, neurologists, and sonographers
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Russia’s multipurpose hospital officially started operating on 11 March in Aleppo, Syria, to assist in the treatment of victims from the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake, which resulted in the deaths of + than 50,000 people in Syria & Turkiye combined.
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"A multi-professional team of doctors from the Federal Center for Disaster Medicine of the Russian Ministry of Health has arrived in Aleppo, Syria, to help the victims of the earthquake."
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"The Russian specialists have set up a multipurpose field hospital and have already begun receiving patients,” the statement said, according to Sputnik.
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According to the reports, more than 30 professionals work in the unit, including surgeons, traumatologists, physicians, pediatricians, neurologists, and sonographers.
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“Russia and Syria have been traditionally cooperating in many areas. I am confident that this kind of interaction will continue and expand,” said Alexey Kuznetsov, assistant to the Russian health minister.
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Meanwhile, #China has repeatedly called for the #US to end its illegal military occupation of #Syria and stop looting the country’s resources, stressing that its continued presence has worsened Syria’s humanitarian crisis.
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"We call on the #US to sincerely respect the sovereignty, independence, & territorial integrity of other countries & to immediately stop its illegal military presence & marauding in Syria,” -Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning-
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"The #US has illegally intervened in military activities related to the #Syrian crisis, which has led to the death of a large number of innocent civilians & a serious humanitarian disaster,” Mao added before calling on #US officials to lift crushing economic sanctions on #Syria.

#China was among the first nations to send aid to #Syria following last month’s devastating earthquake when aid deliveries from the west were being held up due to #US sanctions.
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The earthquake has spurred talks for the reintegration of Syria into the regional fold.
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Countries such as #SaudiArabia, a principal instigator of the #Syrian war, expressed the need to end the international & regional isolation of Syria.
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which #Washington continues to encourage despite its impediment of humanitarian aid to the disaster-stricken nation.
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In addition, Tunisian President Kais Saeid disclosed that #Syria and #Tunisia were set to restore diplomatic relations, which Tunisia severed in 2012 due to what western and Gulf media claimed was the government’s ‘brutal crackdown on protests.’
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gave a televised speech on 16 February, in which he highlighted the repercussions of the deadly earthquake and thanked the countries that rushed to aid #Syria following the disaster.
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The “twelve years of war and embargo … gave #Syrian society the expertise and the ability to act quickly and effectively in the early hours of the earthquake,”
-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad-
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