ITAR-TASS
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About 1,000 Syrians receive medical assistance from Armenian humanitarian mission’s medics
YEREVAN May 13
About 1,000 civilians in Syria received medical assistance from the Armenian humanitarian mission in a period from February 19 through May 10. A territory of 25,000 square meters was cleared of mines by the mission’s bomb specialists, the press service of the Armenian Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise said on Monday.
YEREVAN, May 13. /TASS/. About 1,000 civilians in Syria received medical assistance from the Armenian humanitarian mission in a period from February 19 through May 10. A territory of 25,000 square meters was cleared of mines by the mission’s bomb specialists, the press service of the Armenian Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Expertise said on Monday.
"In the above mentioned period, Armenian field engineers clear of mines a territory of 25,860 square meters. Medics of the humanitarian mission offered surgical assistance to 241 patients and therapeutic assistance to 534 Syrians. In all, 959 people received medical assistance of various types," the press service said.
A team of the Armenian defense ministry specialists arrived for a humanitarian mission in Syria on February 8. The team includes demining specialists, security experts and medics. Russia helped them reach Syria.