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Aleppo

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Syria: in Aleppo, a timid reconstruction at work

 

Syria: in Aleppo, a timid reconstruction at work Syria: in Aleppo, a timid reconstruction at work © AFP / Maxime POPOV

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"The industrial city of Aleppo thanks you for your visit": between two army checkpoints and ruined buildings, a decrepit sign welcomes visitors to a peripheral area destined to become a showcase for post-war reconstruction in Syria.

 

Former economic heart of the country, Aleppo was almost half destroyed by the conflict that began in 2011. After a devastating and deadly offensive supported by the Russian air force, the Syrian regime was able to reconquer the eastern districts of the city at the end of 2016. held by the insurgents.

 

If Moscow militarily supports the power of Bashar al-Assad, Russia now wants to show itself as a reconstruction force in Syria.

 

In the industrial city of Aleppo, located northeast of the city and devastated by the bombardments, activity seems to be gradually resuming with the reopening of several factories, including the Syrian metal and armature production company Katerji Engineering & Mechanical Industries.

 

Several media, including AFP, were able to visit it, as part of a press trip organized by the Russian army.

 

Behind the Katerji Group, we find the brothers Hussam and Baraa, two businessmen close to the regime, targeted respectively by sanctions from the European Union and Washington.

 

The company was under rebel control and shut down during the fighting.

 

"We resumed work a year ago and now have four functional hangars. We hope to expand production to 11 by 2020," said Salah Mitar, the engineer in charge of the plant which employs today a thousand workers.

 

Mitar, however, blames Western sanctions which he says prevent him from importing sophisticated machinery from abroad.

 

Khaled, a 38-year-old worker with five children, says he has been earning a good salary for eight months. But he complains of "very high prices in the city", when the national currency tumbles and inflation explodes.

 

"It's better"

Another symbol of reconstruction efforts: the centenary souk (market) of this metropolis, which is part of the old town classified by Unesco.

 

The front line crossed the old souk during the clashes between 2012 and 2016, but today, entire sections of the historic city center are gradually being restored.

 

In some alleys, workers are still busy clearing the rubble, while cafes and several stalls, most of them still hopelessly empty, prepare to receive their first goods.

 

"Customers will come back, I'm sure, we just have to wait a bit", hopes Abdel Rahmane Mahmoud, whose spice and soap store has been in existence since 1998.

 

“Our lives have changed a lot over the past two years. Things are going much better: we have electricity, running water,” says the 59-year-old Alépin who says he lost a son during the war.

 

Reconstruction force

Weakened before the military intervention of Moscow in 2015, the Syrian power has since multiplied the victories and reconquered nearly 60% of the country, at the cost of deadly bombardments and massive destruction.

 

As a highlight of their reconstruction efforts, the Russian authorities claim that the delivery of thousands of tons of metal water pipes and hundreds of kilometers of high voltage cables have restored a semblance of normalcy for the population. .

 

According to Moscow, the presence of Russian military police helped stop the looting.

 

Ramzan Kadyrov, the strong man of the Russian Republic of Chechnya, for his part offered to finance the restoration of the famous Umayyad Mosque in Aleppo, a centuries-old architectural gem ravaged by the fighting.

 

But, to the east of the city, neighborhoods once held by rebels have been left in ruins, with flattened buildings and deserted areas dotted with army checkpoints.

 

And with a front line less than 10 kilometers from central Aleppo, the threat of fighting continues to hang over the metropolis.

 

The city is in the immediate vicinity of the Idleb region under the control of a jihadist group, where a truce unilaterally announced by Moscow in August remains fragile and gives rise to sporadic bombardments.

 

According to the governor of Aleppo province, Hussein Diab, 123 people were injured in the region in September as a result of the clashes.