{"id":114592,"date":"2026-04-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/?p=114592"},"modified":"2026-04-27T05:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T05:39:47","slug":"syria-clinches-usd-225-mn-world-bank-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/04\/27\/syria-clinches-usd-225-mn-world-bank-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria clinches USD 225 mn World Bank grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">World Bank \u2665\ufe0f Syria<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syria secured a <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbank.org\/en\/news\/press-release\/2026\/04\/23\/syria-world-bank-approves-us-225-million-financing-to-restore-water-and-health-services\" style=\"\">USD 225 mn grant<\/a><\/strong><strong>from the World Bank to back public health <\/strong><strong>programs <\/strong><strong>and water infrastructure. <\/strong>USD 150 mn of the total will go towards rebuilding the severely damaged water infrastructure, the bank said, as about half of the water supply and 70% of wastewater management infrastructure was damaged during the country\u2019s 14-year war. Meanwhile, public health is getting USD 75 mn dedicated to improving primary, maternal, and pediatric care at 150 locations across the country. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Not quite locked in: That rail financing package.<\/strong> Reports that the World Bank signed off on a separate USD 200 mn rail financing package are inaccurate, with the file still under discussion and no final agreement signed, Syria\u2019s Transport Ministry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sana.sy\/en\/economic\/2312576\/\" style=\"\">said<\/a>. State news agency Sana broke the news <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/menaplus\/2026\/04\/22\/syria-taps-world-bank-oliver-wyman-for-financial-sector-reform\/\" style=\"\">last week<\/a>, citing the Transport Ministry in a report that has since been taken down. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Giant Saudi petchems complex gets a boost<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong> Jubail gets a downstream boost: <\/strong>The Amiral petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Jubail is about to grow after the Investment Ministry and Satorp \u2014 an Aramco and TotalEnergies refining JV \u2014 signed an agreement to develop and expand downstream industries linked to the USD 11 bn project, the Energy Ministry <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MoEnergy_Saudi\/status\/2047413816770678806?s=20\" style=\"\">said on X<\/a>. The agreement focuses on scaling up chemicals and semi-finished products, improving production efficiency, reducing logistics costs, and making better use of domestic resources. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why Amiral matters: <\/strong>Set to come online in 2027, Amiral is a part of Aramco\u2019s liquids-to-chemicals push. Roughly half of its output will <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spa.gov.sa\/en\/N2570278\" style=\"\">feed<\/a> into advanced petrochemicals, while the rest is expected to be exported, helping widen Saudi Arabia\u2019s non-oil trade base. Amiral is expected to unlock USD 4 bn of additional downstream investments in plants that will rely on Amiral feedstock to produce carbon fibers, lubricants, drilling fluids, detergents, food additives, automotive parts, and tires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The funding will support rebuilding water and sanitation infrastructure, as public health access<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2569],"tags":[2568,2466,2538,2551,2691],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-114592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-also-on-our-radar","tag-also-on-our-radar","tag-debt","tag-enterpriseam","tag-infrastructure","tag-syria","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"020fc2e4-3a86-4c49-b3eb-d0270843e40d","order":"8","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/3\/733.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Funding secured","related_issue":[114577],"teaser":"The funding will support rebuilding water and sanitation infrastructure, as public health access"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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