New Delhi, June 23 -- Tesla and SpaceX boss Elon Musk reiterated the claim on Tuesday that United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding was used for terrorism.

Musk was reacting to the case wherein the USAID had alleged in 2024 that a Syrian national was charged with "diverting $9 million in US-funded Humanitarian Assistance to a terrorist organisation affiliated with Al-Qaida."

The USAID said in a press release in 2024 that Mahmoud Al Hafyan, 53, a Syrian national, was charged in a 12-count indictment. According to the indictment, Al Hafyan, aka Abu Abdo Al-Homsi, was the head of a non-governmental organization (NGO-1) in the NGO's regional office in Syria. Al Hafyan managed 160 NGO-1 employees.

He was accused of...