Assad thanks UAE for ‘huge’ aid after quake
In March last year, Assad made a visit to the UAE — his first to an Arab state in more than a decade of brutal civil war
Damascus – Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday thanked the United Arab Emirates for pledging tens of millions of dollars in aid to the quake-hit country, the presidency said in a statement.
“The UAE was among the first countries that stood with Syria and sent huge relief and humanitarian aid and search and rescue teams,” Assad said during a meeting in Damascus with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.