Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdel-Latif Derian, inaugurated Sunday a charity clinic administered by Dar El-Fatwa, in cooperation with the Islamic World Relief Organization and supported by Saudi Arabia.

State Minister for Refugee Affairs, Mouin Merhebi, and Saudi Chargé d'Affaires in Beirut, Walid Boukhary, attended the opening ceremony of the dispensary in the locality "Cola" in Beirut.

In his word on the occasion, Mufti Derian said, "We are inaugurating this health center in full partnership between Dar El-Fatwa and the Islamic World Relief Organization. This shows the depth of relations between Dar El-Fatwa and the Saudi Embassy in Beirut, as well as the social and humanitarian institutions in Saudi Arabia. It is a relationship at the roots of history, very solid and powerful."

He added: "This Islamic charitable clinic was set up in a central area of Beirut, mediating between all the surrounding residential neighborhoods. This center will have an active role in providing medical, health and therapeutic services to a very large section of our needy citizens, whether Lebanese, Palestinians, Syrians or other nationalities living in Beirut or any part of Lebanon

Source: AFP