Rebuilding Syria

I will be taking a two-day break starting tomorrow to catch up with my studies. See you soon.

The Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Ali Ghanem, revealed that some of the conditions for the contracts were that 90% of the workers must be Syrian and that $50 000 is allocated to train national workers.

During the upcoming period, there will be contracts signed with a Russian company for Block 1.

The first project signed with the Mercury LLC in Block 7 is an oil field located in northern Syria that extends over an area of 9,531 km2. As for Velada LLC, a project was signed with them in block 23 - a gas field north of Damascus that extends over an area of 2159 km2.

The number of licenses given by the Ministry since the beginning of the year to November amounts to 467 companies with various specialties, the most important of which are in building and construction materials, and investment, contracting and construction companies, and trade.

It is owned by two Sudanese: the ambassador of Sudan in Syria, Khaled Ahmed Mohamed Ali, who owns 33% of the company’s capital, and Mr. Abdul Qadir Abdulrahman Abdul Qadir Al-Bashir who owns 67%. The company is managed by Mr. Tammam Issam Hamza and Hashem Khaled Al-Sharif.

A Sudanese company has been established in Syria with a declared capital of 5 million SYP, after the approval of the Ministry of Internal Trade and Consumer Protection. The company has the right to import and export all food, be it vegetables, fruits, dairy, cheese or meat.

The Director of the General Institution for Electric Power: ”yesterday witnessed a slight improvement in electricity supply as a result of the increase in quantities of gas to the power stations.”

Al-Haydarieh:https://twitter.com/syriarebuilt/status/1193102906037297153…

Wadi Al-Joz:https://twitter.com/syriarebuilt/status/1201519886167609344…

I have previously written threads about the projects in Wadi-Al-Joz and Al-Haydarieh:

• Wadi Al-Joz - Hamah Governorate • Adra - Damascus countryside • Hassia - Homs governorate • Al-Maqrouzah - Quneitra governorate • Al-Haydarieh - Aleppo governorate In addition to the governorates of Deir Ez-Zor and Suwayda (nothing further specified).

The Syrian Ministry of Public Works and Housing has revealed that 7 suburban housing projects (out of 26 under study, which will supposedly be implemented with the help of Iran) in 5 governorates are ready to be announced:

Yet, in cases applied, it has yet to turn its words into actions. That is why Syria is making a wise decision to not negotiate in exchange for reconstruction funds. Sanctions, however, are another matter. 7/7

Iraq has one major destroyed city - Mosul. The US deliberately bombed the city largely to smithereens. And now it insists that it is not responsible for the rebuilding of historical Mosul. The West is using reconstruction as a bargaining chips for negotiations. Yet... 6/7

That is why, while Syria may be crippled at the moment by the West’s sanctions, the alliance with BRICS nations and non-aligned countries may become more lucrative on a long-term perspective. 5/7

These are the future economies. We are seeing a clear shift of economic power taking place from the US to China. India will likely emerge as a new economic power. The BRICS nations may very well in the future play a bigger role in world economy than the G7. 4/7

Those who can and will rebuild Syria (in some sort of way) are the Gulf countries, Russia, Iran, China, India, North Korea, perhaps Egypt and other non-aligned countries such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. 3/7

The West won’t be the ones to rebuild Syria - even if there was to be a reconciliation. A mere look at Iraq, and the state of Mosul, shows that the US is not serious about reconstruction efforts and only speaks of it as a bargaining chips (that never truly gets implemented). 2/7

Good news is that a significant amount of cement production has returned and is returning, with the rehabilitation of more cement facilities, launch of new cement conpanies, and the industry sector recovering at large.

The return of cement production is very crucial to construction and reconstruction of Syria. This has been one of the main issues, the lack of and high price of cement, for the partial paralyzation of the construction industry in the past years.

Ministry of Industry, Muhammad Maan Zain Al-Abidin, assured that these projects are part of the ministry’s plan to rehabilitate industrial facilities and production lines, and return them to work.

The first hall of Tishreen cotton gin facility was launched w/ a production power of 200 tons/day. The facility separates the cotton threads from the seeds. This forms 30% cotton & 60% of raw material for oil companies. The second hall of the facility has also been rehabilitated.

The project comes in coordination with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, and the High Commissioner for Refugees.

• The streets of Dalal Al-Nashwati • Maysaloun from Bab Tadmor roundabout towards Al-Zahraa neighbourhood stretching to street 60.

The main axes of the city that the project will cover: • Hamah Road from the old clock tower to the old garage roundabout • The western corniche street from the Canadian Hospital to the old garage roundabout • Ibrahim Yazigi Street in Bab Sebaa’ neighbourhood And:

The lawsuit has been postponed to January 12, 2020.

The preferred supply of agricultural products from Syria to Russia will also be discussed, such as olives, olive oil and citrus fruits.

Earlier this year, Russia and Syria signed an agreement to lease the port of Tartous to Russia for a period of 49 years, in exchange of investing $500 million to expand the port, & perhaps other investments. Russian company Stroytransgaz will operate, manage and expand the port.