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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) search and rescue teams have rescued a Syrian family of four from the rubble in Turkey after powerful earthquakes rocked the region on Monday. The UAE’s Operation Gallant Knight/2 recovered a mother, her son and two daughters, who were trapped under the rubble. Emirati search and rescue teams took almost five hours to complete the process and rescue the injured family. They were transferred to a hospital in Turkey for treatment. Under the directives of the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Joint Operations Command of the Ministry of Defence of the UAE launched the Gallant Knight / 2 operation in order to help earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the UAE, also directed  $13.6 million in humanitarian aid to Syria. The UAE also sent search and rescue teams, urgent relief and emergency aid to Syria. The UAE President also ordere...

 According to seismology specialists, inhabitants of the UAE shouldn't be concerned about earthquakes in the area. There is no need for concern among residents of this nation because the UAE falls under low to moderate seismicity, according to Khalifa Al Ebri, Director Department of Seismology, National Center of Meteorology (NCM), who spoke to Khaleej Times "We are safe because the UAE has low to moderate seismic activity. We are not on the seismically active belt "said he. "We experience two to three tremors on average every year. Most of these vibrations go unnoticed by people; the sensors only notice them. The country's infrastructure and buildings are unaffected by any of these disturbances." According to Al Ebri, the nation is situated on the Arabian Tectonic Plate, which lies in opposition to the Eurasian Plate. One of the seismically active locations in the world is the Zagros mountain band, which forms the boundary of those plates. As a result, the ...