Perspective: U.S. sanctions are strangling the effort to rebuild Old Aleppo
By Jwanah Qudsi Jwanah Qudsi, who grew up in Aleppo, works in New York. May 10 at 10:41 AM ALEPPO, SYRIA
I’ve visited my hometown several times since the battle ended. Last month, I drove past lines of cars snaking for several blocks near gas stations. Motorists were sleeping inside them, waiting for their turn to get their newly reduced weekly ration of fuel, which amounts to a gallon a day, from stations that ran dry shortly after opening. U.S. sanctions against Iran, Syria’s principal supplier, have resulted in a countrywide fuel shortage since October 2018.
In my previous visits, I would walk through the rubble in the Old City, marvel at the magnitude of the destruction and wonder if anything would ever be restored. The Al-Madina Souq of Aleppo, once the largest covered bazaar in the world, was heavily damaged during the war, with large parts of it destroyed by fire.
Meanwhile, alongside the careful restorative work of the AKTC, private owners and leaseholders are rebuilding with more haste and less concern for historical accuracy. “Many shopkeepers who lost the papers proving they own a property or hold a lease are renovating as an informal way of proving their ownership,” Thierry said, alluding to a postwar Syrian law that gives owners one year to claim property or lose it.
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