Chart: Humanitarian Aid Planes and Convoys to Syria (February 06-14)

Source: Suhail Al-Ghazi, Noor AbdulFattah, The Syria Report (via SANA) 

As of February 14, 79 planes and 12 truck convoys have entered regime-held areas in Syria as part of the humanitarian response to the earthquake that struck northern Syria and southern Turkey on February 06, according to state-owned news outlet SANA. Five more planes with humanitarian aid destined to Syria landed in Beirut.

Since February 06, more than two dozen countries and the European Union (E.U.) responded to the Syrian government’s call for aid, per data collected by Syria researchers Suhail Al-Ghazi and Noor AbdulFattah and The Syria Report.

The United Arab Emirates has provided the most aid, having flown in some 22 planes carrying humanitarian aid. Iraq comes in second with seven planes and four truck convoys, which carried fuel. Libya and Algeria rank third and fourth with eight and seven planes, respectively, while Iran and Oman have sent at least five planes to Syria. 

The busiest airports were Damascus and Aleppo which witnessed 32 and 29 plane landings, respectively. Twelve planes landed in Lattakia. An additional four planes carrying aid destined for Syria landed in Beirut: two from Italy and two from Libya. 

Some noteworthy shipments included: 

• One plane from the E.U. landed in Beirut, with two more set to arrive on February 15 and 16. While aid is headed for Syria, it is unclear how much will reach the Northwest, if any. The same consideration can be applied to the two Italian planes that also landed in Beirut on February 13;
• Saudi Arabia sent a plane to Aleppo on February 14, marking the first time a Saudi plane lands in Syria since 2012;
• Most convoys that came from Lebanon came from private donors, namely Hezbollah, the Independent Nasserite Movement (Al-Mourabitoun), the Lebanese Baath Party, and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party;
• The two Libyan planes that landed in Beirut carried humanitarian aid from private donors.

As for the truck convoys, four crossed from Lebanon to Syria via the Jdeidet Yabbous-Al-Masnaa (Rural Damascus-Beqaa), and one via each of Tartous-Arida and Al-Qaa-Joussieh (Homs-Beqaa); four from Iraq via the Al-Boukamal-Qaim (Deir-ez-Zor-Al-Anbar); and two from Jordan via the Nassib-Jaber (Daraa-Mafraq), . 

One convoy which departed from Oman on February 13 has yet to arrive. Over the coming days, many more planes and truck convoys are expected to arrive in Syria.

Table: Humanitarian Aid Planes and Convoys to Syria (February 06-14)

Source: Suhail Al-Ghazi, Noor AbdulFattah, The Syria Report (via SANA)