Saudi association to provide aid, training to Syrian town

ALEPPO, Syria —  A newly opened Youth Support Center in al-Atarib, a town in the western Aleppo countryside, will provide training, from computer skills to English, to 250 young Syrians.

The center, which opened Sept. 17, is supported by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, a Saudi not-for-profit organization whose headquarters were established in Riyadh in May 2015. The organization provides humanitarian and development aid to more than 37 countries, including Yemen, Sudan and Afghanistan. Its Iraq branch, which opened in August, provides aid to poor families and widows, particularly widows of those who died fighting among the ranks of the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The center also supports civilians in the opposition-controlled Euphrates Shield area and areas in Aleppo’s northern, northeastern and western countryside.