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A humanitarian aid flotilla destined for Gaza was halted after Guinea Bissau decided to remove its flag from two vessels, activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Saturday.

The search for five of the six missing crew on board Batuhan A cargo ship that sank off in the Marmara Sea continues with an unmanned underwater robot.

Considering the possibility that the crew may have been thrown overboard, the teams are conducting their searches both above and underwater.

A Turkish humanitarian agency distributed food packages among 500 families in the Philippines' self-governing Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region during the month of Ramadan, it said on May 10.

Medical aid from Turkey came at a time when the government needed it the most, Palestinian Authority's deputy foreign minister said April 30.

"This help meets the needs of Palestine in a critical period when the Palestinian budget is inadequate and the economy is negatively affected by the coronavirus outbreak," Ahmad ed-Dijk told Anadolu Agency.

Turkish organizations dispatched 10 trucks of humanitarian aid Feb. 19 to Syria's northwestern city of Idlib, which has been under severe bombardment from forces of the Bashar al-Assad regime.

The Turkish Red Crescent (Kızılay) sent 15 tons of aid to Mozambique, the agency official told Anadolu Agency on March 22.         

A Turkish charity foundation opened 17 new water wells in three African countries, it announced on Oct. 23.

The Turkish government has delivered the necessary compensation to the families of the victims of Israel's 2010 raid on the Mavi Marmara flotilla, Finance Minister Naci Ağbal said on June 23, after controversy over delayed payments.

Compensation worth $20 million provided by Israel over the killing of Turkish activists onboard the Mavi Marmara ship in May 2010 has yet to be paid to the victims, triggering angry debate and criticism of the Turkish government.

Turkey's new ambassador to Israel, Kemal Ökem, submitted his credentials to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Dec. 12, marking the inauguration of a Turkish envoy to the country for the first time in six years.