Jordan ready to supply electricity to Syria

AMMAN, Jordan

Jordan announced on Friday that it is ready to supply electricity to Syria that is seeking reconstruction after the ouster of Assad regime.

In a statement, Jordan’s Energy Minister Al-Kharabsheh confirmed that the Kingdom is currently working on the necessary infrastructure to supply the Nasib border crossing with electricity, following a request from the Syrian side.

He stated that the electricity linkage within Jordan is prepared up to the Syrian-Jordanian border. However, he emphasized that the actual provision of electricity to Syria will depend on the Syrian side’s readiness to receive the power.

The two countries have been electrically connected through a 400-kilovolt transmission line since 2001. However, the link has been out of service since mid-2012 due to technical issues.

This development comes as the new Syrian administration, led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, focuses on rehabilitating the country’s infrastructure, which has been severely damaged during the civil war against the ousted Bashar al-Assad regime.

Assad, Syria's leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime groups took control of Damascus on Dec. 8, ending the Baath Party's regime, which had been in power since 1963.

The takeover came after Hayat Tahrir al-Sham fighters captured key cities in a lightning offensive that lasted less than two weeks.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio