The Syrian opposition will need $60 billion in Marshall Plan-style aid to prevent the country’s collapse within six months of a fall of the regime, prominent leader George Sabra said on Wednesday.
He urged a ‘Partnership to Invest in Future Syria’ meeting held in Dubai to immediately launch a Marshall Plan for the Arab country, along the lines of the huge post-World War II recovery programme for Europe.
Over the “first six months we need 60 billion dollars” as immediate funding for reconstruction, Sabra said on the sidelines of the meeting. Sabra said the money must come in the form of aid from “our Arab brothers and the international community on whom we count to fulfill their responsibilities towards the humanitarian crisis our country is facing”...
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