By Omer Koparan and Ethem Emre Ozcan
AL-BAB, Syria (AA) - Qatar Charity announced on Thursday that it will build a residential city with services, utilities, and infrastructure in northern Syria.
Under the coordination of the Gaziantep Governor's office, Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Kuwari, CEO of Qatar Charity, and Anil Alkal, the deputy governor of Gaziantep, signed an agreement to establish the city of Al Karama in northern Syria, said the Qatar charity.
The Al Karama city will be located in the Al-Bab district of northern Syria and will “consist of 1,680 housing units for the benefit of 8,500 displaced people in northern Syria,” added the charity.
The project is set to be built on an area of 500,000 square meters (5.38 million square feet), 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) north of the center of Al-Bab district.
Türkiye cleared the Al-Bab district center of the Daesh/ISIS terror group six years ago.
*Writing by Ikram Kouachi