However, it is uncertain whether these companies will take on the task of rebuilding the country or they belong to a group of minor businesses which came to the country for reasons that are more political than economical. In fact, their role might be that of studying the investment climate, thus paving the way for bigger companies, which will benefit the most from the reconstruction, to invest in the country.
The big investment projects which have been proposed include the building of a new airport in Damascus and a second port in Lattakia with a higher operating capacity than the present one and other projects in sectors such as real estate, industry and tourism, like the construction of resorts in the island of Arwad, off the coast of Tartous. These investment opportunities will surely attract western companies, which will exert pressures on their governments to ease the political climate, so that they can have their share in these projects.
In conclusion, all the evidence allows us to infer that the train of reconstruction has already left the station with the passengers who have already boarded it and who are willing to show a positive attitude towards the Syrian government. In fact, the leadership in Damascus does not consider the outcome of a political settlement linked in any way to the issue of reconstruction.
The train is already on its way, and whoever wants to have a role in the reconstruction of Syria will have to catch it and ride one of its carriages in a way that is adequate to him and that is not necessarily adequate to another passenger. In fact, it is more likely to be different for everyone.
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