Rabat – US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Saudi Arabia “agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild Syria, instead of the United States.”
“See? Isn’t it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a Great Country, the U.S., that is 5000 miles away. Thanks to Saudi A!,” Trump wrote on Monday without adding any more details.
Saudi Arabia has now agreed to spend the necessary money needed to help rebuild Syria, instead of the United States. See? Isn’t it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbors rather than a Great Country, the U.S., that is 5000 miles away. Thanks to Saudi A!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 24, 2018
Responding to the tweet, an official at the Saudi embassy in Washington, D.C., told American news outlet CNBC that the kingdom had not made any new financial pledge to “rebuild Syria” since August.
Saudi Arabia donates millions of dollars to support Syria.
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“The Kingdom is a major contributor to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, flying the second highest number of sorties against ISIS in Syria, as well as, donating millions of dollars for relief efforts there,” the official said.
According to Syrian President Bashar Assad, Syria needs $250 billion to $400 billion to be rebuilt, said the Russian state-owned agency Tass News.
Meanwhile, in an earlier controversial tweet, Trump had announced the withdrawal of 2,000 to 3,000 US troops from Syria, declaring that the US has defeated ISIS.
