Adra Industrial City in the Damascus countryside now hosts 1,003 active factories across the food, textile, chemical, and engineering sectors, creating more than 72,000 job opportunities, city officials said.
Some 2,437 additional factories are currently under construction, while 3,957 others have received building permits, officials added. Total investments in the city have reached 1476 billion Syrian pounds, with cumulative revenues of 226 billion pounds and infrastructure spending exceeding 94 billion pounds.
Authorities have delivered 5,763 industrial plots covering 1,797 hectares and allocated 5,755 plots totaling 1,779 hectares for alternative energy production, reflecting the governments push for renewable energy initiatives.
In June, Syrias Ministry of Economy and Industry approved a new investment framework for industrial cities aimed at attracting domestic and foreign investment, modernizing industrial technology, and facilitating knowledge transfer.
