Four airflifts planned as Lebanon aid
17 Aug, 2006 06:54

A Russian Emergencies Ministry aircraft taking humanitarian aid to south Lebanon was due to leave a Moscow airport on Thursday, the second of four planned airlifts. The shipment will include tents, blankets and other basic provisions.
The plane will land at Larnaca , Cyprus , where the United Nations Food Programme will ferry the aid to south Lebanon . Two more shipments of food, medical and electrical supplies are planned for later this month.