MESOP MIDEAST WATCH: With Syria’s Assad in Desperate Need of Cash, His Regime Is Siphoning Off International Aid
Ninety percent of Syrians live in poverty – in a parallel universe to that of the regime, as their president stuffs his pockets from the seizure of private companies and drug trafficking
Zvi Bar’el HAARETZ – Dec. 19, 2021 –
President Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria found an opportunity to get hold of a bit more revenue from an unexpected source. An international agreement that will supply electricity and natural gas from Egypt and Jordan to Lebanon via Syria could now provide Damascus with a new source of petty cash.
Syrian Electricity Minister Ghassan al-Zamel said Syria will charge $8 for every megawatt of electricity that passes through the country en route to Lebanon – four times the prevailing global price.
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