The industrial complex for repairing cars in Damascus’s Qadam neighbourhood remains only partly functional, despite claims by the government that it has been rehabilitated. The fate of the complex is unclear in light of the government’s intentions to restrict all car-related occupations to a car expo centre complex under construction in Al-Dweir, northeast of the capital city.
The car repair complex extends over four hectares of land within the Qadam neighbourhood at the southern entrance to Damascus. Construction began in 2000, with the aim of removing car repair shops and associated businesses from the city centre and restricting them to one centralised location. The land used for the complex was expropriated for the state and was rented out for unlimited terms as per Syrian rental laws. This type of rent contract is called “furough” in Arabic There were 450 small and medium facilities within the complex, all focused on various aspects of car repair.
syrians, and hearing first-hand accounts from the people being shot at. we ve shown you photos, many photos of children slaughtered in the streets by the assad regime, or taken, tortured, and killed, their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition. i know it s all difficult to look at, but it is what is happening in syria. it is the truth. all the while, in spite of all these videos and all that evidence, members of the regime, all the way up to the top to bashir al assad have been telling us what is brutally plain to see isn t happening at all or isn t what it seems. the denial is systematic, and it is staggering. but for tonight for one member of the assad regime, it is over. i the attorney general of hack mad announce my resignation from my position in the state that is shadowed by assad and his gangs. adnan al bakour, his whereabouts now unknown. his videotaped resignation surfacing on youtube. he said he could no longer stomach the regime s brutal treatment of prote
in the streets by the assad regime, or taken, tortured, and killed, their bodies mutilated almost beyond recognition. i know it s all difficult to look at, but it is what is happening in syria. it is the truth. all the while, in spite of all these videos and all that evidence, members of the regime, all the way up to the top to bashir al assad have been telling us what is brutally plain to see isn t happening at all or isn t what it seems. the denial is systematic, and it is staggering. but for tonight for one member of the assad regime, it is over. i the attorney general of hack mad announce my resignation from my position in the state that is shadowed by assad and his gangs. adnan al bakour, his whereabouts now unknown. his videotaped resignation surfacing on youtube. he said he could no longer stomach the regime s brutal treatment of protesters in hama and refused to lie what he himself has seen. i summarize the causes of my resignation by the following. one, the kil