RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE

The $216 Billion Question: Nobody Has Costed Who Actually Pays

Syria's reconstruction bill is ten times its annual output. The money currently on the table — pledges, memoranda, aid — covers a small fraction of it, and much of that is not money at all.

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The Rebuild Sourced

The $216 Billion Question: Nobody Has Costed Who Actually Pays

Syria's reconstruction bill is ten times its annual output. The money currently on the table — pledges, memoranda, aid — covers a small fraction of it, and much of that is not money at all.

2.3×
What housing costs to rebuild against what the damage was recorded at
  • Infrastructure 82
  • Residential buildings 75
  • Non-residential buildings 59

USD billions

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The Rebuild Estimate

Syria Is Reconnecting Much Faster Than It Is Rebuilding

Inflation fell from 130 percent to 12 percent in two years. The budget flipped to surplus. Ports, banks and oil fields came back online. None of it has yet reached the household.

88%
Government share of national oil production, up from 20%
  • During the war 10,000
  • Now (2026) 100,000
  • Potential (target) 200,000

barrels per day

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Standing assets

These compound month over month. They are what nobody else has assembled.

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