Reuters - Iran signed a preliminary agreement with Syria on Saturday to help rebuild the Arab allys electricity grid, Iranian state media reported, as Tehran seeks a deepening economic role after years of the Syrian conflict. A memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries electricity ministers in Tehran covered the construction of power ...

Tasnim Syrian Electricity Minister Mohammad Zuhair Kharboutli said Tehran and Damascus have signed a deal whereby Iran will build a power plant with a capacity of 540 megawatts of electricity in the Arab countrys western coastal province of Latakia. The power plant project in Latakia is important and strategic for the electrical system in Syria in ...