Saudi Arabia, France pledge aid to Lebanon for food, health sectors

Some countries have been reluctant to provide aid to crisis-stricken Lebanon without the government's implementation of economic reforms.
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Employees at the US embassy in Beirut unload humanitarian aid supplies, 25 July 2006. - OUSSAMA AYOUB/AFP via Getty Images
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Adam Lucente
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Saudi Arabia and France announced new assistance to Lebanon today as the economic and political crisis in the country continues. 

The Saudi government’s humanitarian organization KSrelief signed an agreement with the French Foreign Ministry for Riyadh to provide 36 million euros ($38.2 million) to Lebanon. The money will go towards food, nutrition and health, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. 

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