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Saudi Arabia, Qatar to pay Syria’s outstanding World Bank debt of $15 million
Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria's western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Saudi Arabia and Qatar announce that they will pay Syria’s debt to the World Bank totaling roughly $15 million, according to a statement published by the Saudi Press Agency.
“The ministries of finance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the state of Qatar jointly announce their commitment to settle Syria’s outstanding arrears to the World Bank Group, totaling around $15 million,” the statement says.
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