It will take years to clear up the rubble in the Middle East
For want of a shovel
THE old town of Mosul is a wasteland. So are many other cities and towns that have been mangled by the wars in Iraq and Syria. There is so much broken concrete and twisted metal in Aleppo, the Syrian city pounded by Russian and regime warplanes during the bloodiest battle of its civil war, that the World Bank reckons it will take at least six years to clear the wreckage.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Rubble trouble”
Middle East & Africa October 14th 2017
- As South Sudan implodes, America reconsiders its support for the regime
- Sudan’s economy is in trouble, even without sanctions
- Raila Odinga takes a gamble by threatening to boycott Kenya’s election
- Scrapping the deal with Iran could embolden its hardliners
- Iraq’s recaptured territory is being neglected
- It will take years to clear up the rubble in the Middle East
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