DAMASCUS ¨C Qatar has pledged to help war-torn Syria rebuild, but its $7 billion plans for new power plants will mean little unless Damascus can stop armed gangs from looting power cables faster than the cash-strapped government can fix them.
The deal announced last week by an international consortium led by Qatar¡¯s UCC Holdings promises to massively expand Syria¡¯s generation capacity.
It marks Syria¡¯s biggest foreign investment announcement since U.S. President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Damascus last month.
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