Saudi Arabia Says It’s Given $100 Million to Northeast Syria

File Photo: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's embassy in the United States stands in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood near the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Watergate complex January 4, 2016 in Washington, DC. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Saudi Arabia said early on Aug. 17 that it has contributed $100 million to northeast Syria for “stabilization projects” in areas once held by the ISIS terrorist group and now controlled by U.S.-backed forces.

The Saudi Embassy in Washington said the money “will save lives, help facilitate the return of displaced Syrians and help ensure that ISIS cannot reemerge to threaten Syria, its neighbors, or plan attacks against the international community.”