Saudi campaign to help Syrian refugees in Jordan

The Saudi National Campaign to Support Brothers in Syria announced Thursday it will launch a major campaign to help Syrian refugees in Jordan, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

The campaign will be launched at the beginning of Ramadan, set to start next week, Bader Samhan, director of the regional campaign, said at a meeting in Amman.

The campaign has started all preparations to distribute aid and food items to the Syrian refugees in Jordan in Ramadan, during which Muslims fast from dawn to sunset.

More than 36,000 Syrian families will benefit from the campaign, Samhan said.

Jordan, which opened its borders to Syrian refugees since early 2011 following the outbreak of unrest in Syria, is currently home to 1.5 million Syrian refugees.

Jordan has repeatedly appealed for all possible help and services to the Syrians as the country is going through difficult economic conditions. Endit