Qatar sends new aid plane to Syria's Damascus

DOHA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- A Qatari Air Force plane carrying humanitarian aid, including 32 tons of food supplies, landed in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Wednesday, as part of Qatar's air bridge initiative to support the Syrian people, the Qatari Foreign Ministry announced.

The aid is provided by the Qatar Fund for Development, a government entity focused on improving global livelihoods.

This marks the sixth aid plane to arrive at Damascus International Airport and the 11th dispatched under Qatar's air bridge initiative.

On Jan. 7, Damascus International Airport received its first civilian flight from Doha in over 13 years, according to airport officials.