1/3

Take it from a Syrian, if you’re waiting for Iran to light up your country, think again.

Iran's Foreign Minister has expressed his country's willingness to help #Lebanon produce electricity within 18 months, by building two power plants at a combined capacity of 1000 MW. Image
2/3
Similar promises were made to Syria in Sep 2017, where contracts were actually signed to provide Iranian equipment, technology, and know-how to rehabilitate the electricity sector at a combined capacity of 1,155 MW, including the construction of a 540 MW plant in Latakia.
3/3
Four years on, virtually nothing has been implemented.

More on this in my paper on Syria’s electricity sector with @Hatahet
bit.ly/2YLjHDD

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Karam Shaar كرم شعّار

Karam Shaar كرم شعّار Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @Karam__Shaar

17 May
Thread
Quick comments on a few interesting studies and reports on #Syria that I've read recently.
Narcotics is perhaps the only booming industry in Syria. This excellent report from @CoarGlobal summarizes news articles of seized drug shipments originating from the country since 2011.

See the sharp rise from 2019.
bit.ly/3v6e12J
According to @coarglobal, in 2020, the seized Captagon shipments from Syria had a market value of $3.46 billion.

To appreciate how massive this is, remember that the regime's 2021 budget stood at $2.7 billion. Much of the activity in the narcotics industry is in regime areas
Read 9 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(