Damascus, Nov 12 (UNI/Sputnik) Syria has restored more than 50 percent of the food sector factories destroyed during the armed conflict ongoing since 2011, Syrian Industry Minister Ziad Sabbagh said in an interview with Sputnik.
"The restoration is in process. The private sector has rebuilt its factories, many of them are already in operation, and new enterprises have been also put into operation … It may be said that we have restored more than 50 percent," Sabbagh said.
About 40 percent of capacity of the textile industry, which was one of the main areas of Syrian production along with food and pharmaceuticals, has been restored, the minister noted.