Meeting at Bab al-Hawa
Syria's Deputy Minister of Economy and Industry, Engineer Bassel Abd al-Hannan, met on 25 May 2026 with representatives of Turkish builder Isra Construction and the management of Bab al-Hawa Industrial City to close out the final studies of a new expansion project for the industrial zone on the border with Turkey.
A technical and administrative delegation from the ministry joined the session, which reviewed the engineering layouts and the implementation mechanisms for the expansion, according to a statement posted on the ministry's Telegram channel.
The industrial city sits beside Syria's main land crossing with Turkey, anchoring cross-border industrial activity along the northern border.
255,000-Square-Metre Footprint
Preliminary studies indicate the expansion will cover roughly 255,000 square metres. The technical studies are now being finalised before the project moves to construction phases.
The parties also agreed to consolidate the project's administrative lots into a single organisational block, a step intended to streamline management and raise operational efficiency inside the new zone.
Power, Water and Drainage Plans
Infrastructure discussions covered roads, retaining walls, and networks for electricity, water and sewage. Engineering solutions were drawn to fit the site's terrain, with the explicit aim of limiting overlaps and bottlenecks inside the industrial area.
The plan addresses the electrical grid capacity required for future tenants, the number of water wells needed for operations, rainwater harvesting, and a waste-management framework that can scale with the expanded footprint.
Building on Recent Activity
The Ministry of Economy and Industry announced last month that two food-production facilities had opened inside Bab al-Hawa Industrial City under a Syrian-Turkish partnership, a step officials framed at the time as a vehicle for boosting local output and attracting investment to the area.
The new expansion ties Bab al-Hawa more tightly into cross-border industrial cooperation with Turkey, the country to which the project's construction arm belongs.