An Iranian firm on Tuesday signed a $115 million contract with Syria's electricity ministry to rehabilitate a power plant in the country’s Hama province, the Associated Press reports.
According to Syrian state media, the Iranian company Peymanir will be repairing the Mhardeh power station over the course of 26 months.
Syria and Iran are both under U.S. sanctions. Iran has in the past stated that it would boost its trade tides with ally Damascus.
Syria’s 10-year civil war, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed and numerous infrastructures were destroyed, has left the country’s electricity sector under strain.
Reportedly, Syrians has been suffering daily-hours long power outages and the government has been encouraging the use of solar energy.
The Mhardeh plant is expected to have a production capacity of 576 megawatts once rehabilitated.
