Founded by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz with support from King Fahd, it reportedly spent $600 million in aid, and was awarded the King Faisal International Prize in 2001. In 2001, after the September 11 attacks, the commission's Sarajevo office was raided by NATO forces, who found material relating to those attacks and the bombings of USS Cole and US embassies in Africa, along with materials for forging US State Department badges.
Founded by Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz with support from King Fahd, it reportedly spent $600 million on aid. In 2001, after the September 11 attacks, NATO forces searched the commission's Sarajevo office and discovered materials related to those attacks and bombings of USS Cole and US embassies in Africa, as well as forgeries of US State Department badges.