Saudi Arabian state media reported on Thursday that the Saudi government will provide 1.65 million barrels of crude oil to the government in Damascus to assist with the postwar reconstruction of Syria.

The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said the oil gift would be made at the behest of King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), who is the de facto chief executive of Saudi Arabia.

The oil grant will be handled by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), a Saudi government agency that provides assistance to developing nations for infrastructure projects. The CEO of the SFD, Sultan al-Marshad, signed a memorandum of…

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