Generating stations face challenges getting electricity out to people in the country. Cables are targets for repeated attacks and so are the workers who maintain them. CCTV Alaa Ebrahim filed this report from Damascus.

Dr. Samer Abboud on Syria economy

For more on the challenges facing Syria, Phillip TK Yin spoke to Dr. Samer Abboud, Associate Professor of International Studies at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania.
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