Pope Francis Sent Over $100,000 To Syrian Victims Of War

The Vatican administration, known as the Curia, contributed to the donation, which will be made through the papal charity office and the Franciscan order working in the Holy Land.

Pope Francis on Friday sent 100,000 euros (106,090 dollars) to the poor in the ravaged Syrian city of Aleppo, a Vatican spokeswoman said in a statement.

Aleppo was Syria’s most populous city before war broke out six years ago, but swathes of it have been destroyed and thousands displaced in the conflict gripping the country. 

A monitor group said government forces, which seized the city from rebels in December after months of intense fighting, have captured its main water supply station from Islamic State.