Jobless Syrians have little use for government’s new construction training program - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Workers restore a palatial Ottoman-era home called Beit al-Quwatli to turn it into a cultural institution in the old part of Syria's capital Damascus on November 10, 2020. - The old city of the Syrian capital is famed for its elegant century-old houses, usually two storeys built around a leafy rectangular courtyard with a carved stone fountain at its centre. While the capital has been largely spared the violence of Syria's almost ten-year war, several of these traditional homes have been abandoned by their — Workers restore a palatial Ottoman-era home called Beit al-Quwatli, which will become a cultural institution in the old part of Syria's capital Damascus, on Nov. 10, 2020. — LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a decree Feb. 2 to establish technical training centers for construction work.

According to the new law, the training centers aim to provide the job market with competent technical staff that will raise productivity, boost the construction sector’s contribution to Syria's gross domestic product and improve the quality of construction works.

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