MIDEAST - Syria reconstruction would cost $73 billion: report

MIDEAST - Syria reconstruction would cost $73 billion: report:

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A general view shows a heavily damaged street in Syria's
 eastern town of Deir Ezzor on August 26, 2013. AFP Photo

If the war in Syria suddenly stopped and reconstruction began today, around $73 billion would be needed to put the country back on track, a study published in Al-Watan newspaper said Tuesday.

Quoting Syrian real estate expert Ammar Yussef, the report said bombings, fighting and sabotage of infrastructure during the conflict had partially or completely destroyed 1.5 million dwellings.

The daily, which is close to President Bashar al-Assad's regime, added that reconstruction -- if it started now -- would involve 10,000 building sites, 15,000 trucks, 10,000 cement mixers and around six million workers."

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