Syria’s Warlords Have a Daunting Rebuilding To-Do List
April 27th, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at how – in Syria – ousting Assad may turn out to have been easier than rebuilding the country: For miles around, as far as the eye can see, the eastern suburbs of Damascus are a sea of undulating rubble and skeletal ruins. Part of this razed moonscape was once […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Plans To Pay Off Syria’s World Bank Debts
April 19th, 2025
Via Reuters, a report that Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s World Bank debts: Saudi Arabia’s payment may unlock grants for Syria’s reconstruction Gulf Arab support for Syria may be materializing US sanctions complicate Syria’s financial recovery efforts Saudi Arabia plans to pay off Syria’s debts to the World Bank, three people familiar with […]
Read more »Syria’s Economy: Strangled by Sanctions, On Its Knees
March 16th, 2025
Via The Economist, a look at Syria’s economy: IN A SNAKING line to use some cashpoint machines in central Damascus, patience has worn thin. Two men who have been queuing for hours in the winter chill for the chance to withdraw a maximum of $30 come to blows. “I haven’t had cash to feed my boys […]
Read more »Qatar To Supply Natural Gas To Syria’s New Government
March 15th, 2025
Via OilPrice.com, a report that Qatar will supply natural gas to Syria’s new government: Qatar is set to supply Syria with natural gas via Jordan with Washington’s approval, Reuters has reported. Qatar was one of the fiercest opponents of the deposed Bashar al-Assad and one of the strongest supporters of the rebels-turned rulers currently in charge. The […]
Read more »The Unlikely Revival Of A Great Middle Eastern Railroad
March 15th, 2025
Via Noema, a report on how a railroad that once linked Damascus to Medina, its tracks and stations now crumbling into the desert or destroyed by treasure hunters, could help stitch a fragmented region back together: In the center of this city in southern Syria is a long, rectangular warehouse constructed of black basalt. It […]
Read more »Syria Needs Debt Restructuring, But That Will Be Difficult
March 8th, 2025
Via the Peterson Institute for International Economics, a report on Syria’s debt: Syria is in dire economic straits. The brutal civil war that lasted from 2011 to 2024 ended with the fall of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The country was effectively divided into several parts, each run by different rebel groups. The civil […]
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