KSrelief distributed 120 food baskets in Syria’s Rif Dimashq Governorate, reaching 120 families, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The distribution took place on Monday, as reported by SPA from Damascus on March 26, 2025.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center carried out the aid delivery under the “Etaam” Ramadan food basket distribution project in Syria for 1446 AH, SPA reported. The project falls within Saudi Arabia’s ongoing humanitarian and relief efforts to provide food security in countries worldwide during the month of Ramadan, according to the same source.
The figure of 120 food baskets matches the number of families listed as beneficiaries in the SPA report, meaning each basket corresponds to one household in Rif Dimashq. The governorate surrounds the capital Damascus and is one of Syria’s most populous areas. The SPA account does not break down the contents of each basket, the size of the families receiving them, or the specific towns and villages within Rif Dimashq where the distribution took place.
The “Etaam” project is described by SPA as a Ramadan food basket distribution effort operating in Syria for the Hijri year 1446. The same report frames the Syria distribution as one part of a wider Saudi humanitarian and relief effort aimed at food security in countries around the world during Ramadan. SPA does not state how many countries are covered by the project, how many baskets have been distributed in total, or what the overall budget of the effort is.
The date given in the SPA dispatch is March 26, 2025, with the distribution itself described as having taken place on Monday. The dateline is Damascus, and the report carries a local time stamp of 03:53 and a GMT stamp of 00:53. The dispatch is attributed to SPA and closes with the agency’s standard sign-off.
KSrelief is named in the report by its full title, the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center, and is identified as the body that carried out the distribution. The report does not name individual officials, partner organizations, or local Syrian entities involved in handing out the baskets. It also does not say whether the distribution was conducted in coordination with any other body inside Syria.
Rif Dimashq is the only location inside Syria named in the SPA report. The governorate is referred to in the source as Syria’s Rif Dimashq Governorate, and no city, town, camp, or neighborhood within it is specified. The report does not state how the 120 families were selected, whether they were registered in advance, or whether the distribution was a one-time event or part of a recurring schedule in the same area.
The “Etaam” project is tied in the SPA text specifically to Ramadan, and the report notes that the broader Saudi effort it belongs to is aimed at providing food security during the month of Ramadan. The report does not specify how many days of food a single basket is intended to cover, what food items it contains, or how the baskets were transported into Rif Dimashq.
SPA describes the effort as ongoing, and the Syria distribution is presented as one instance of it. The report does not give a start date for the “Etaam” project in Syria, an end date, or a target number of baskets for the 1446 AH Ramadan season. It also does not say whether further distributions in Rif Dimashq or elsewhere in Syria are planned.
The number 120 appears twice in the SPA report — once for the food baskets and once for the families said to have benefited. The report does not give a total number of individuals reached, which would depend on household size, and it does not provide any demographic details about the recipients. It also does not state the value of the baskets or the cost of the distribution.
KSrelief’s work is described in the SPA report as part of Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian and relief efforts, and the report places the Syria distribution within that frame without adding further detail about other countries or other projects. The report does not list the other countries where the “Etaam” project is operating during Ramadan 1446 AH, nor does it compare the Syria distribution with distributions elsewhere.
The SPA dispatch carries the dateline Damascus and the date March 26, 2025, and states that the distribution occurred on Monday. The report is short and does not include quotes from beneficiaries, KSrelief staff, or Syrian officials. It also does not include photographs, video, or any description of the distribution scene.
What the SPA report leaves out is considerable: the contents and value of the baskets, the number of individuals reached, the specific locations within Rif Dimashq, the selection process for the 120 families, the duration of the “Etaam” project in Syria, the total number of baskets distributed under it, and the other countries covered by the wider Ramadan effort. None of those details appear in the source text, and none are added here.
The report also does not say whether the 120 baskets represent the full extent of the Syria distribution under “Etaam” for 1446 AH or only one installment of a larger operation. It does not name any implementing partner on the ground in Syria, and it does not describe how the aid entered the country or how it reached Rif Dimashq.
SPA’s account is limited to the essentials: who carried out the distribution, what was distributed, how many baskets and families, where in Syria, under which project, and on what date. The rest of the story — the logistics, the funding, the beneficiaries’ circumstances, and the scale of the broader Ramadan effort — is not in the source.
What did KSrelief distribute in Syria? KSrelief distributed 120 food baskets in Syria’s Rif Dimashq Governorate, according to the Saudi Press Agency. The baskets benefited 120 families, with each basket corresponding to one household in the SPA report. The distribution took place on Monday and was reported from Damascus on March 26, 2025. SPA does not specify the contents of the baskets, their value, or the number of individuals reached, since household sizes are not given in the source.
Under which project was the Syria distribution carried out? The distribution falls under the “Etaam” Ramadan food basket distribution project in Syria for 1446 AH, SPA reported. The same report describes the initiative as part of Saudi Arabia’s ongoing humanitarian and relief efforts to provide food security in countries worldwide during the month of Ramadan. SPA does not state when the “Etaam” project began in Syria, when it ends, or how many baskets it aims to distribute during the 1446 AH Ramadan season.
Where in Syria did the distribution take place? The SPA report names Syria’s Rif Dimashq Governorate as the location of the distribution. Rif Dimashq surrounds the capital Damascus and is one of the country’s most populous governorates. The report does not specify any city, town, camp, or neighborhood within Rif Dimashq where the 120 baskets were handed out, nor does it describe how the aid was transported into the governorate or how recipients were selected.
How many families benefited from the food baskets? SPA states that 120 families benefited from the 120 food baskets distributed in Rif Dimashq. The report does not give a total number of individuals reached, which would depend on the size of each household, and it does not provide demographic details about the recipients. It also does not say whether the families were registered in advance or how they were chosen to receive the baskets.
What does the SPA report not include about the distribution? The SPA report does not include the contents or value of the food baskets, the number of individuals reached, the specific locations within Rif Dimashq, or the process for selecting the 120 families. It also does not name any partner organization on the ground in Syria, give a start or end date for the “Etaam” project there, or list the other countries covered by the wider Ramadan food security effort.