New findings from Syria’s Central Authority for Financial Control reveal a major corruption case in a Deir Ali Power Plant contract: a non-competitive award, illegal exemptions, refusal to pay guarantees, misuse of state equipment, and losses exceeding 2 trillion SYP (approximately USD 150–170 million).
The government did not disclose the identity of the operator. Based on our earlier investigation, however, the company is Infinity Skylight, a firm effectively controlled by Bashar al-Assad through a network of business fronts, such as Ali Najib Ibrahim, as Steven (@SHeydemann) and I documented in our previous analysis at the Brookings Institution.
My earlier investigation in The Guardian with Tessa Fox was the first to identify Ali Najib Ibrahim’s as an active front for Assad.
Proving the company’s corruption is proving Assad’s corruption.