“Two planes loaded with 22 tons of food supplies offered as a donation by His Majesty King Mohammed VI to the Lebanese army have arrived to the Rafik Hariri international airport in the morning,” the Army Command – Directorate of Orientation said in a statement on Saturday.

The planes are among eight others that are slated to arrive successively in the coming days,” the statement said, noting that they are due to transport a total of 90 tons.

As he received the royal donation, the representative of army chief, General Joseph Aoun, extended his thanks to His Majesty King Mohammed VI for his “valuable initiative,” wishing peace to the “brotherly” Moroccan people as well as more prosperity and progress to the Kingdom of Morocco.