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QRCS activates Disaster Management Center to respond to Beirut explosion

Published: 06 Aug 2020 - 08:30 am | Last Updated: 05 Nov 2021 - 01:07 pm

QNA

Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has activated its Disaster Management Center to outline an immediate humanitarian intervention plan in response to the huge explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.
In a statement, QRCS said that HE Secretary-General of QRCS Ambassador Ali bin Hassan Al Hammadi, QRCS’ Chief Executive Director and Acting Director of the Relief and International Development Division Eng. 
Ibrahim Abdullah Al Maliki and the relevant heads of departments held an emergency meeting to review the destruction in Beirut and decide on the required aid to be delivered in cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross and the office of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Beirut.