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US President Donald Trump
has said Saudi Arabia
will spend the "necessary money" to help reconstruct war-torn Syria,
without offering any details.
Trump's comments on Monday came days after he took to
Twitter to announce the withdrawal of all 2,000 US troops from Syria while
also abruptly declaring victory over the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL,
also known as ISIS) in the country. The surprising decision on Wednesday
contradicted his own experts' assessments and sparked surprise and anger among
some of Washington's allies.
On Monday, in his latest unexpected foreign policy statement
made on Twitter, Trump said Riyadh would step in to support Syria
following the US military withdrawal.
"Isn't it nice when immensely wealthy countries help rebuild their neighbours rather than a Great Country, the US, that is 5,000 miles away. Thanks to Saudi A!"
There was no immediate comment
from the Saudi government, which in October delivered $100m to the US, two
months after pledging the sum to help stabilise parts of Syria and just as the
international outcry over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal
Khashoggi and Riyadh's shifting narratives about his fate grew.
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