RIYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) carried out 15 projects to hand out food baskets and iftar meals during Ramadan in 13 Muslim countries, at a total cost of $14 million.

“This move comes as part of the efforts exerted by King Salman and his Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to assist needy families in brotherly Muslim countries and meet their urgent needs,” said KSRelief’s supervisor general, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah.

“Those projects benefited a total of 1,699,000 people. In Jordan, 26,634 food baskets were distributed, benefiting 119,152 Syrian refugees. In Somalia, 35,000 food baskets were distributed, benefiting 210,000 people. In Sudan, the center distributed 13,725 food baskets to 62,430 beneficiaries. In Palestine, 34,040 people benefited from 9,733 food baskets, while 120,000 people benefited from 20,000 food baskets in Afghanistan.”

He added that “119,240 people from host communities and Rohingya refugees benefited from 29,810 food baskets in Bangladesh.”

KSRelief “also distributed 306,000 iftar meals benefiting 306,000 people, and 16,067 food baskets benefiting 96,402, in brotherly Yemen,” said Al-Rabeeah.