Video updated: January 2, 2019
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Syria’s seven-year war has transformed its ancient cities into ghost towns.
Entire neighbourhoods have been wiped off the map, schools and hospitals reduced to rubble, along with just about everything else.
As the war seems to be coming to an end, reconstruction is required on a grand scale. The United Nations estimates it will cost at least $250bn.
US President Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia has agreed to help.
But who will get the money? And how will it be spent?