Car Plant Shows Limits to Iran´s Economic Ambitions in Syria
(WorldNews Iran)

A man drives a car inside the Saipa Syria Factory in the industrial city of Hassia in Homs, Syria, Sept. 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sanadiki. At an Iranian government-owned car plant near Homs, the small number of vehicles on the assembly line underscores the obstacles hobbling Tehran’s economic ambitions in Syria. The plant was set up before Syria’s war began as the two allies tried to bring their economies closer together and was restarted in 2016 on Tehran’s orders after having closed early in the conflict. Instead of the 50-60 cars a day it assembled before the war, it now makes only three or four, and dozens of vehicles gather dust in its warehouse because even...