Ooredoo has announced that all mobile calls to Syria will be discounted to Dh30 per minute/SMS until December 23, in an effort to connect people with friends and family during the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo.
The discounted international calls offer applies to all mobile calls using the international code +963 to Syria. Currently standard rate calls to Syria cost QR0.99 per minute/SMS via Hala or Shahry numbers.
The Dh30 rate will be applicable only after a customer’s international allowance has been consumed.
Waleed Mohamed Ebrahim al-Sayed, CEO, Ooredoo Qatar, said: “We hope this initiative enables our Syrian customers in Qatar to stay in touch with their loved ones during this frightening time.”
The crises in the Syrian city of Aleppo have gained international attention in the past week, after intensive aerial bombing left most medical facilities, civil defence and municipal centres and vehicles, as well as schools, destroyed or damaged.
Key routes once securely connecting the city to Turkey were also recently chocked off, leaving civilians trapped without supplies such as food, medicine and water, Ooredoo added in a statement.
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