UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum directed Dubai Police’s rescue teams to offer aid to Morocco following the earthquake that struck near Marrakech on Friday night, the Emirates News Agency reported on Saturday.
The death toll from the 6.8-magnitude earthquake had risen to 1,037 by Saturday afternoon, with more than 1,200 injured.
Sheikh Mohammed also directed the establishment of an airbridge to allow charity organizations affiliated with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Global Initiatives to deliver relief supplies to those most affected by the quake.