NEW: The Syrian government has been raising money to rebuild its war-stricken cities through a "reconstruction tax" that has taken in billions of Syrian pounds since 2013.
But where is the money really going? 🇸🇾 1/
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But where is the money really going? 🇸🇾 1/
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2/ Documents reviewed by OCCRP, @SIRAJ_SYRIA, and @FinUncovered suggest the vast majority of the 386 Syrian pounds raised by the Assad regime through the tax were swallowed up by government ministries.
3/ The public was led to believe these funds would be used to help citizens rebuild their homes, but documents suggest less than 10% went to them. The head of the task force that monitors reconstruction efforts suggests the tax is being used to bail out governmental finances.
4/ Mazhar Sharbaji, a Syrian architect who has researched how war-torn countries rebuild, says his hometown of Daraya remains in ruin. Electricity is almost non-existent, infrastructure and sewage systems are completely destroyed, and no housing has been built in 3 years.
5/ "The committee has clearly given money to military security, internal and political security sectors at the expense of civilian victims," said Sharbaji.
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