Syria's health minister said on Thursday it had received COVID-19 vaccination doses from a "friendly country" and healthcare workers would start receiving inoculations next week.
Hassan Ghabash's comments, carried by state news agency SANA, did not specify which country provided the vaccines or how many doses had arrived.
Media reports last week said that Israel agreed to fund the purchase of Russian vaccines for Syria, its longtime enemy, in order to secure the release last week of an Israeli woman who had been held there.