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Syria and Qatar to pay back Syria's debt to the World Bank

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Saudi Arabia and Qatar say they will pay Syria 's outstanding debt to the World Bank .

The move likely to make the international institution resume its support to the war-torn country.

Syria ’s Foreign Ministry thanked the two oil and gas-rich nations for paying the debt.

The United Nations in 2017 estimated that it would cost at least $250 billion to rebuild Syria .