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00:00:04is suffering from and was forced
00:00:23on its investment and economy
00:00:31the brothers' relationship
00:00:38Welcome, dear viewers, to this new episode of Syria Today.
00:00:42of 105 million US In our first hour, we will discuss the signing of agreements
00:00:47the priority issues. and memorandums of understanding between Syria and Saudi Arabia, which covered the areas of
00:00:49development, health, and defense,
00:00:52and therefore mean commitments on and the implications of this step on the economic and military realities and the nature of the relationship
00:00:56between Damascus and Riyadh. In our second hour,
00:01:00we will cover the statement by the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Ms.
00:01:03Hind Gabawat, regarding the proposal to grant citizenship
00:01:06to children of Syrian women married to non-Syrians
00:01:11I mean, we are in and its reaching the stage
00:01:12investment opportunities. of approval. We will discuss its importance and the legal and societal obstacles
00:01:16that hinder its implementation. Welcome.
00:01:36from these loans. The Kingdom
00:01:38part of the signing of
00:01:44to militias present in a neighboring
00:01:48Syria and Saudi Arabia signed agreements and memorandums
00:01:51of understanding in multiple fields, in the presence of
00:01:57to the brothers, whether from the Syrian government President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, at Al-Yamamah Palace
00:02:00and I was. I mean, I
00:02:00and there is a problem in the capital Riyadh. It included several areas, including
00:02:03industry, military cooperation,
00:02:05and transparency on this and financial services. Agreements and memorandums
00:02:10institutions to stand of understanding were signed between
00:02:13Syria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at Al-Yamamah Palace
00:02:16in the capital Riyadh in a visit that is the second of
00:02:19its kind in less than a month and at the highest level of
00:02:22diplomatic representation, represented by President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and the Ministers
00:02:26of Foreign Affairs, Defense, Finance, Industry, Trade,
00:02:29and Interior, in addition to the head of the General Intelligence
00:02:32Agency. The Presidency
00:02:35awaits the brothers, stated that the agreements and memorandums of understanding
00:02:38covered the areas of development, infrastructure, energy,
00:02:41housing, health, industry, agriculture, and environment, in
00:02:45see cooperation on addition to financial services and military cooperation. For
00:02:48its part, the Ministry of Finance indicated the signing of six agreements
00:02:51for soft development loans with the Saudi Fund for Development
00:02:55worth over
00:02:58with President 403 million dollars to finance projects in electricity, health,
00:03:02housing, water, and civil defense, in addition to digitally
00:03:07who live in developing government financial services.
00:03:07is our message, to stand with On the military front, the Syrian
00:03:11and Saudi Defense Ministers signed a cooperation agreement
00:03:13between the two countries. In parallel, and on the diplomatic front,
00:03:17the Presidency stated
00:03:20to the agreements made with that President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
00:03:24discussed bilateral relations
00:03:26present in our markets, but in and ways to develop them in various fields, and
00:03:28exchanged views on the overall regional
00:03:33and therefore it will be easy for and current international situations. The discussions also covered the repercussions of
00:03:38of security with any military escalation on regional and international security and stability, the safety of maritime navigation,
00:03:42and very powerful the sustainability of energy supplies, and the stability of the global
00:03:45economy. The two sides also affirmed the importance of strengthening regional
00:03:49it can open for dialogue and international efforts to de-escalate and contain crises,
00:03:52and to prioritize dialogue and diplomacy and resolve disputes
00:03:56the Ministries of Defense in through peaceful means. While these agreements and memorandums
00:04:00of understanding reflect
00:04:02in order to develop this increasing rapprochement in Syrian-Saudi relations, observers believe
00:04:05that they represent a new step towards expanding cooperation between
00:04:10who will primarily drive the two countries in development, it cannot economic, and investment
00:04:12files, in parallel with continued political coordination
00:04:15on regional issues and
00:04:19common
00:04:20challenges.
00:04:24We will discuss this file with Dr. Abdel Baset Abu Naboot,
00:04:28a researcher in international relations from Damascus, and Colonel Mustafa
00:04:32or importance of what happened Al-Shaddad, a security and strategic expert from Damascus as well. Welcome to Dr.
00:04:35Nasser Al-Garawi, head of the Saudi Center for Studies and Research from
00:04:39Riyadh. Welcome, and Mr. Muhammad Nasser Hammou, economic expert
00:04:43it confirms your words entirely regarding and financial consultant from Aleppo. Welcome as well. I will start
00:04:46with you, Dr. Abdel
00:04:48Baset.
00:04:52aspect of this These sectors to which these funds
00:04:55there are those who play in were distributed, do you think they will go to developing these sectors, or will a part
00:04:59of them go to employee salaries in public
00:05:13and how they are managed, this depends on the country that receives them and how
00:05:16they are followed up and the mechanisms of control over them to implement these
00:05:20projects. The priorities now in Syria, I expect, are the beginning of reconstruction
00:05:24and the projects that were proposed within these agreements are
00:05:27agreements specifically for rebuilding infrastructure, which also contributes to
00:05:30opening up this large investment.
00:05:34A soft loan, and we will ask what this means. We are also talking
00:05:37today about a soft loan, not
00:05:39a grant.
00:05:42Yes, a soft loan also means light conditions, and it
00:05:46is a kind of building, a test for the beginning
00:05:49of investment projects. The state that receives these funds
00:05:52may sometimes be free to spend
00:05:56these funds on
00:05:59If the priority is for salaries,
00:06:02it will be so, but if the issue of salaries has another
00:06:06outlet within the budget or another
00:06:09grant available with other support, it may go
00:06:12towards it. However, the focus now is on these projects to
00:06:16be the first fruits of Saudi investment in preparing
00:06:19the infrastructure, which we also hope
00:06:22will open up Not
00:06:26more than spending
00:06:29on the public sector related to operating wages for employees.
00:06:33They will have developmental goals, especially since you mentioned
00:06:37that soft loans do not have many difficult conditions.
00:06:40Exactly,
00:06:44exactly. And there are special mechanisms also for monitoring
00:06:47and following up on the implementation of these projects, which are
00:06:50this agreement.
00:06:52Aha, meaning since there is a monitoring mechanism, we must go here
00:06:56to Mr. Nasser. Welcome.
00:07:00What are the conditions that
00:07:03the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia requests
00:07:08for this soft loan? Especially since the sectors are specific,
00:07:11six sectors. How will these conditions be
00:07:15binding and will there be monitoring
00:07:29Syrian relations are very strong and have exceeded
00:07:32all traditional international
00:07:35relations standards, because the Syrian people need
00:07:38the Saudi people to stand with them,
00:07:42and the stage that Syria is experiencing
00:07:47led by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:07:50and the Kingdom has extended its arms
00:07:54and opened its heart and also
00:07:57opened its doors of support to the Syrian
00:08:01people. The visit you mentioned is a recent
00:08:04one regarding what the Syrian
00:08:08delegation brought
00:08:10Al-Sharaa
00:08:13and the ministers concerned with such
00:08:16sectors. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia discussed,
00:08:19through relations and through the joint committee,
00:08:23what are the priorities of work that
00:08:26Syria needs, whether regarding
00:08:29the needs of the people in the first
00:08:32place, and also the needs of the government
00:08:35regarding strengthening its financial position
00:08:38and stability, and also maintaining
00:08:42the stability rate and also the stability
00:08:45of the Syrian pound, because
00:08:49the Kingdom views the Syrian currency as a strong
00:08:54regulator in influencing all these matters. The Kingdom
00:08:58has opened everything
00:09:01with the Syrian brothers through the priorities
00:09:05in the government program
00:09:08and what are the executive steps,
00:09:11because we have passed the stage of spiritual
00:09:14partnership and announcing that
00:09:17and the return of harmony in Syria
00:09:20and the change of the regime to the current
00:09:23regime. This role is certainly what
00:09:27is inherent in these agreements and what are these
00:09:31papers The working papers that
00:09:35were discussed, so we in the Kingdom of Saudi
00:09:38Arabia see our role as a pioneering and leading role
00:09:41for such matters, because we are
00:09:44responsible before the Syrian people that
00:09:47we are keen that the Syrian people
00:09:51and the Syrian government are within their program
00:09:54and within their direction at the highest
00:09:57levels of security and stability and also
00:10:01development. Yes, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as
00:10:04you mentioned, has been standing by the Syrian people and the Syrian government since the first moment
00:10:08of liberation, and before that, it stood by the Syrian
00:10:11people. But before we delve into
00:10:14the details of the figures, I will go
00:10:17to Mr. Muhammad Nasser Hammou.
00:10:20In your opinion, does going to Saudi Arabia now, at this time, mean that
00:10:25there is an economic crisis that the country
00:10:29to take this
00:10:42is that Syria needs to develop these
00:10:46sectors, and therefore
00:10:49it went to Saudi Arabia to sign these agreements
00:10:53and these loans.
00:10:56The soft development loans worth
00:10:59403 million dollars that
00:11:02will cover many sectors, as I and you
00:11:05mentioned. These loans are commitments,
00:11:09not grants. These loans, if they are
00:11:12soft development loans, then they are loans
00:11:17the Syrian government, and therefore
00:11:21the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, as
00:11:24part of its plans for loans, which you mentioned, that
00:11:27the loans are disbursed
00:11:30based on the percentage of completion, and this
00:11:34is the method of contracting with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I
00:11:37do not entirely agree with what you said
00:11:41about these loans going
00:11:43to
00:11:45pay salaries or pensions for employees. On the contrary,
00:11:48the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia grants these
00:11:52loans based on
00:11:59Mr. Muhammad, we asked if they would go to operational salaries or
00:12:02to development sectors to develop them. Always,
00:12:06always, always, development loans go to
00:12:10their intended purpose for which they were taken.
00:12:13Therefore, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:12:16operational is part of developing these sectors, and you know
00:12:20that there are large numbers of public sector employees
00:12:25with this. There are, there are, there are, there are greater
00:12:29needs than the issue of employee salaries. There are
00:12:33electricity, health, civil defense, and water sectors.
00:12:37These need repair
00:12:40and need equipment and tools, etc.
00:12:43These sectors and this good financial injection
00:12:47in its place and time
00:12:49will help with the issue of pressing liquidity according
00:12:53to the completion rates. It will alleviate the burden on the public
00:12:57budget in some sectors, whether health or civil defense,
00:13:00etc. All these loans come
00:13:04as a state of
00:13:06emergency for the situation
00:13:10in reconstruction and development in Syria. Of course, the size
00:13:13of the requirements and needs is large, but these
00:13:17loans come in a state that is an
00:13:20emergency state to start the Syrian development process
00:13:24and to be
00:13:29And especially since it was indicated that its conditions are easy
00:13:33or that it does not have harsh
00:13:36conditions, as expected. These restrictions
00:13:40will be disbursed according to these loans according
00:13:45the Syrian government. And these loans
00:13:47will be repaid over a period that is not long-term,
00:13:51but it is long and facilitated, and I think it has
00:13:55no interest, etc.,
00:13:58the Syrian government to repay it and to repay
00:14:01its commitments to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:14:04which is appreciated for these loans that
00:14:07will help the Syrian
00:14:11economy to develop and recover. Yes, Mr. Mustafa,
00:14:14within this visit, a cooperation agreement
00:14:18was signed between
00:14:21the two countries. In your opinion, how will
00:14:25this agreement work and how will this soft
00:14:28loan be utilized within this agreement? I mean,
00:14:32what kind of agreement is it?
00:14:36A defense agreement that can be signed
00:14:39by the defense ministers in Syria and the Kingdom of
00:14:42Saudi Arabia?
00:14:53the reading
00:14:57in Riyadh recently, or reading what happened in Riyadh,
00:15:01is only related to the value of the economic agreements
00:15:05that were signed, or even just signing defense
00:15:08cooperation, frankly. Secondly,
00:15:11I do not believe that soft loans are even related
00:15:15to the issue of the defense cooperation
00:15:18agreement that took place between the Syrian Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of
00:15:22There are political messages more than the issue of the loan. And more than
00:15:25the issue of the defense agreement. This is what you want to say,
00:15:29right? That's right, that's right. Frankly,
00:15:32we are facing developments
00:15:35on the strategic, political, and military levels, more
00:15:39broadly. The question that
00:15:42arises, what is the question
00:15:45that we should talk about now, not what
00:15:48the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will offer to Syria, whether
00:15:51regarding the Ministry of Defense or from the security side, but what is the role,
00:15:55or what is the place that Syria will occupy
00:15:58in the regional security equation, frankly?
00:16:02If we want to read
00:16:04the agreement, I mean, as a military person, frankly, we
00:16:08do not focus on merely signing an agreement, but rather
00:16:11on what are the clauses, commitments,
00:16:14and defensive capabilities regarding the clauses and commitments,
00:16:17but ultimately, the equation has winners. What is expected
00:16:21from the Kingdom to Syria in defense matters,
00:16:24and what will Syria
00:16:26offer in return?
00:16:28There should be winners in this
00:16:30equation.
00:16:33That's right, that's right. We are facing a defense cooperation agreement.
00:16:37And we must differentiate between a defense cooperation agreement
00:16:40and a defense alliance agreement.
00:16:43There is, I mean, there is a difference between the two.
00:16:48the frameworks that have taken place currently, we are talking about a defense
00:16:52cooperation agreement. Yes, both parties benefit from
00:16:55it. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia benefits from it, and the Syrian state
00:16:59benefits from it. Each of them has their strategic goals, and each
00:17:03of them has interests. There are common interests and there are intersections.
00:17:06Madam, we are aware at the regional
00:17:09level of what the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is suffering from
00:17:12in regional files and what Syria is suffering from. And we want
00:17:15to talk about that there is a party for the Kingdom
00:17:18of Saudi Arabia related
00:17:21country that are attacking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. There are
00:17:25also militias on the Syrian border that are tampering with
00:17:28some matters in the Syrian security files.
00:17:31There is a wide regional war
00:17:34waged by the United States of America and Israel against.
00:17:38It includes Saudi Arabia. Iran attacks sites in the Kingdom
00:17:42of Saudi Arabia. And there is also a country
00:17:45that attacks Syria and enters southern
00:17:48Syria and tampers with Syrian security. So if
00:17:52we want to talk more broadly, there are common
00:17:56interests between the two countries. There
00:17:58is a common vision for Prince Mohammed bin Salman
00:18:02and for President Ahmed Al-Sharaa. There is a common vision for the entire
00:18:05regional file. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks for Syria to be a pivotal
00:18:09state, a state that achieves regional security, a state
00:18:13that can protect its borders. I mean, this
00:18:17is a strategic interest for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
00:18:20Therefore, we
00:18:23the financial and military sides. We will discuss
00:18:26in detail how this defense cooperation will be,
00:18:30what the two parties can offer each other, especially since the matter,
00:18:33as you said, comes within regional transformations and
00:18:37perhaps strategic changes in the region. I will go
00:18:41back to Dr. Abdel Baset.
00:18:43What about Syria's policy regarding not borrowing?
00:18:47Has Syria started to change this policy, and is
00:18:51this soft loan that it received
00:18:54from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:18:57a beginning to borrowing, and perhaps
00:19:00Syria will later go to the International Monetary
00:19:04Fund?
00:19:07Yes, indeed. Perhaps Syria was slow in moving
00:19:11towards borrowing, especially large conditional loans or
00:19:14World Bank loans. But at the same time, it opened the door for
00:19:18the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to come to Syria and reconsider and
00:19:21re-engage in case it is able to provide
00:19:24certain grants that would raise the level of digital
00:19:27transformation and financial transformation in Syria, on the one hand. In addition, these grants are needed by Syria.
00:19:31They are grants provided by the international community from these two institutions, the International
00:19:35Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Syria also,
00:19:38in its policy, was trying to support that the Syrian
00:19:42people themselves, or Syrian investors, Syrian investors, are the ones
00:19:47the Syrian economy. And Syrian investment opportunities are expected
00:19:51to change if there is a change that starts
00:19:54with, I mean, soft loans, and we go
00:19:58to more conditional loans, especially, we repeat again,
00:20:01the relationship with the International Monetary Fund as borrowing, not
00:20:04as grants.
00:20:08Exactly, it started as grants, but there is no doubt that Syria is currently
00:20:12subject to some political pressures that may make
00:20:15it suffer from an exacerbation of the economic
00:20:18issue and an inability to manage it significantly, which may
00:20:22be one of the issues on the table
00:20:25is to go towards borrowing from the International Monetary
00:20:28Fund and the World Bank. The fear from this cooperation or from
00:20:32these loans is that they may be an entry point to
00:20:35control political decision-making in Syria. So far, there
00:20:39is no great tendency to enter through the wide door. There
00:20:44and a gradual political rapprochement, and we
00:20:48now indeed see caution. Investment and the economy coming to
00:20:51Syria are based on readings that may differ
00:20:55from one country to another, but the serious Saudi intervention
00:20:58in, I mean, supporting projects, even if they are small
00:21:01development projects, this gives an indicator of stability
00:21:05and seriousness that everyone else can also come
00:21:08with this seriousness and trust. Syria, I mean, it relies
00:21:13being able to recover on their own, but at the same time, it needs
00:21:17support from real and serious partners.
00:21:21Okay, Doctor Nasser.
00:21:24The emergency and civil defense sector
00:21:28leads this loan with an amount
00:21:32dollars. Why this particular sector?
00:21:36Is it perhaps part of the "Syria without
00:21:39Camps" plan? Why is the support for this particular
00:21:42sector, or the largest amount of the loan, going to this sector
00:21:59Regarding the financial aspect,
00:22:03the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
00:22:06does not go to
00:22:09the International
00:22:11Monetary Fund project, nor the World Bank, nor even
00:22:15countries that go to countries, even if they are
00:22:18neighboring or from. The nature of
00:22:22its policy is to benefit
00:22:26does not view the loan as having
00:22:29a benefit that returns to it.
00:22:32It wants to give and provide financial
00:22:36coverage to the Syrian government
00:22:39because the Syrian government needs
00:22:42such a Saudi role, and
00:22:47in the Gulf or in the Arab world,
00:22:50do not imagine that the Arab world can, I mean,
00:22:53is capable of that, but the Gulf specifically.
00:22:56And here comes the role
00:22:59of the Syrian government in activating the relationship
00:23:03between current Syria
00:23:05and some countries that
00:23:08have the capability and the possibility
00:23:11to go to Egypt During the past period, there
00:23:15was an activation of relations between the Syrian
00:23:17state
00:23:29Now, can we say that a new phase has begun with real support from Gulf
00:23:33countries, from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at its head,
00:23:36that we will see real material support, different from
00:23:39the previous phase, and why now? Allow me,
00:23:42sister Rabaa, to give me a chance to clarify
00:23:45this message to the Syrian people. The Kingdom
00:23:49of Saudi Arabia, when you mentioned
00:23:52and we know that, and this is our duty, and this is our destiny, and this
00:23:57the Syrian people and any Arab
00:24:00people. When we stood with the Syrian people
00:24:03to restore its standing and life
00:24:07and stability, Syrian goods were
00:24:10until recently, and Syrian products were
00:24:16the old regime, may God keep it away
00:24:20from the hearts of Syrians, and the Kingdom
00:24:24has a vision and ability
00:24:27and also a challenge to
00:24:30restore Syria to what it was, as much as
00:24:34the Kingdom can, whether regarding lifting
00:24:36sanctions, as Prince Mohammed did with
00:24:40the Syrian government and with
00:24:43the American President. We in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
00:24:47as a people and a leadership,
00:24:51view this role as a beginning, not
00:24:54an end. A beginning, but also,
00:24:58absorb astronomical
00:25:02figures of loans and funds
00:25:05that may go to directions like what is happening
00:25:08now in the brotherly country of Iraq. We
00:25:12believe that the amount of rain, when it falls
00:25:15gently, the land benefits from it,
00:25:18not
00:25:28And within a specific time, but also the Kingdom has
00:25:32a desire to achieve for Syria the ability
00:25:36to develop and invest these funds. The other
00:25:40aspect, the most important
00:25:42vision, is that
00:25:45the outer space
00:25:49and social media, or malicious people, or
00:25:51those who abuse the Saudi government and the brothers
00:25:55in Syria, that the military agreement between
00:25:59the goal of which is integration.
00:26:02The role between the Kingdom and Syria. We, we
00:26:05are all in one boat, and the region is heading towards great
00:26:09changes, and the Kingdom looks at what
00:26:12is happening today, specifically what is happening
00:26:15in some parts of the people or Syrian
00:26:18territories of unrest. The Kingdom does not want
00:26:22such matters to continue as they were with ISIS
00:26:26and as they were with the previous regime. The Kingdom
00:26:29will be by Syria's side, but
00:26:33is not defined by what is
00:26:36defined by a ruler and a pen. The Saudi-Syrian
00:26:39relationship
00:26:43is a relationship of dialogue for the future,
00:26:47building, building Syria
00:26:49and building Saudi Arabia to be, because Syria
00:26:52is, I mean, the incubator
00:26:55for Arab action in the region.
00:26:59And we view it as our deep Syrian depth.
00:27:02And Iraq is also another depth, but we lost
00:27:05it at one point and it moved out of
00:27:08the circle of priorities. We are restoring what we had between us, and this
00:27:12is certainly what is happening. As for the upcoming
00:27:15development projects, they are the beginning
00:27:19of a series and a very large number
00:27:22and astronomical figures that will not live. We will discuss this point
00:27:26specifically, what are the future plans, because it seems
00:27:30, as you said, Dr. Nasser, that there is a new policy regarding
00:27:33loans, support, and grants
00:27:37provided to Syria by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in more than
00:27:52you said, regarding international
00:27:55institutions, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund,
00:27:59and some sectors where the Kingdom played a very significant
00:28:02role and did not announce it, and the Kingdom usually does not announce
00:28:06what it achieves, it pressured these two international
00:28:12with the Syrian people, to stand
00:28:15with them and also the European group.
00:28:18It also played with the United States of America on the issue of lifting
00:28:22sanctions. This was a clear role, and the white hands
00:28:25of the Kingdom were clear, other than the political aspect,
00:28:29the aspect of support, except that
00:28:32the international institution bears a large part of
00:28:35its responsibility towards restoring the Syrian people to their
00:28:39previous life. Yes, yes. Mr.
00:28:42Muhammad Hammou, if we ask you also, within all these projects,
00:28:45and because we want to talk about numbers, in your opinion,
00:28:49the distribution of these 403 million dollars
00:28:52to sectors, led by the emergency and civil
00:28:55defense sector, does it really mean, as I asked Dr. Nasser a moment ago,
00:28:58It will serve its plan for a Syria without camps. This is
00:29:02a very important point, and
00:29:06our Syrian people
00:29:09the camps are waiting for it. They want to return to their
00:29:12original areas.
00:29:15Uh, I mean, actually, my dear, in every matter, it is necessary
00:29:19to define things in one way or another. It is the integration
00:29:23of security with economy. Both the Syrian
00:29:26and Saudi governments realize that if these developmental
00:29:30loans exist, there must be a defensive plan to
00:29:34ensure the continuity and survival of these developmental
00:29:38projects, and thus the integration
00:29:40economy. The summary of the agreements
00:29:44that took place between the Syrian government and
00:29:47the Saudi government is actually the redevelopment
00:29:51of the civil defense sector because it is a sector
00:29:55that needs equipment and needs
00:29:57mechanisms and needs a plan
00:30:00and equipment. Non-combat
00:30:05sector and prepare it well comes
00:30:09within the framework of the plan to end the displacement
00:30:12in Syria and comes within the plan
00:30:14to end the situation of displaced people
00:30:18and refugees and camps, and this also comes in support
00:30:22of the housing development sector and the health
00:30:25sector, and thus giving this priority to the Ministry
00:30:29of Emergency
00:30:31with non-combat equipment will help this sector
00:30:35in redevelopment and in its formation to rehabilitate
00:30:38the damaged housing units with an amount of 60 million dollars, and this
00:30:42confirms your words. I mean,
00:30:45securing this sector and securing civil defense
00:30:49and supporting it. Yes, yes, yes,
00:30:52yes. And thus, and thus, it is very clear through
00:30:56the agreements that have been concluded that the plan of the Syrian government.
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