IDLIB, Syria: Turkish aid agency has opened a shopping mall in war-torn Idlib province of Syria for families living in the region, it was announced on Wednesday.
Erhan Yemelek, Humanitarian Relief Organization’s (IHH) Syria coordinator, said that the mall has shops for grocery, clothes and shoes. It will also be used as a place to organize social activities.
“Syrian families [affected by the ongoing civil war] will benefit from the mall free of cost for a year,” he said.
Yemelek explained that the aid agency will determine families in need of help and give them an allowance for shopping.
The Humanitarian Relief Foundation is one of the leading aid agencies in Turkey, which sends humanitarian aid to suffering people across the world, including war-torn Syria, drought-hit Somalia, and conflict-torn regions in Myanmar.
