The head of al-Mustaqbal Movement ex-premier Saad Hariri reportedly transferred compensations for the residents of the northern neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen who were harmed by the latest bombing in the area.
According to al-Akhbar newspaper published on Saturday, the money was transferred to the Interior Ministry, which will supervise the spending.
The money will reportedly be distributed next week.
Interior Minister Nouhad Mashnouq revealed on Sunday that Hariri will compensate the residents of Jabal Mohsen.
“The Hariri foundation will reconstruct all the damages,” he told reporters.
Two suicide bombers killed nine people and wounded 37 others in an attack on a cafe in the flashpoint Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen.
Residents of Jabal Mohsen support Syria's President Bashar Assad, who belongs to an Alawite clan, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, that has ruled the war-torn country for more than 40 years.
Meanwhile, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported that Director of the department of the Middle East and North Africa at the French Foreign Ministry Jean-François Girault met with Hariri in Riyadh last week.