The Turkish Red Crescent on Saturday opened a new delegation office in the Syrian capital Damascus, marking its second foreign mission, Anadolu reports. The office was inaugurated at the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) headquarters during a ceremony attended by Turkish Red Crescent President Fatma Meric Yilmaz, Syrian Red Crescent President Mohammad Hazem, and Turkish Red Crescent General Director of International Affairs and Migration Services Alper Kucuk, alongside other officials. After a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the signing of a protocol, the Turkish delegation office was officially established within the Syrian Red Crescent building. Aid packages were distributed to those in need following the event. Yilmaz and Hazem later traveled to the Barzeh district in Damascus to deliver aid to vulnerable […]
![Turkish Red Crescent President Fatma Meric Yilmaz (C) and Syrian Red Crescent President Mohammad Hazem (2nd L) attend the distribution of aid parcels to those in need after the opening ceremony of the new delegation office in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 21, 2024. [Nur Ziadeh - Anadolu Agency]](http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/AA-20241221-36547146-36547137-TURKISH_RED_CRESCENT_OPENS_DELEGATION_OFFICE_IN_SYRIAN_CAPITAL-1.jpg)