After over a decade of war, a look at what’s left of the Syrian economy • FRANCE 24 English
As Syrian rebels topple the government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, we take stock of what over a decade of fighting has done to the country’s economy. Syria’s GDP has been decimated by the conflict’s human and material toll, while the Syrian pound has plummeted. On its last legs, the cash-strapped regime grasped at any opportunities to bring in revenue, including producing and trafficking narcotics.
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19 comments
They need Western money now😁😁😁😁😁
Just give them their oil fields and lift the sanctions will cost you nothing
Biden: Syria has been liberated from Bashar al-Assad and from what he and his father have done. This is the case when the United States turns a blind eye to the crimes of the tyrants it supports when it suits American interests and then discards them once those interests are fulfilled.
Was arab spring/CIA revolution worth it !?
They need to give their oil fields and mines to the White man now
Not shedding any light over the sanctions is just disappointing
Question: Syrian people suffered because of Assad bad government, or because Syria was isolated by the West due to Assad not following the West's orders. China can only help Syria to some extent because China also needs to trade with the West.
A better way to discuss this topic, would be what percent of the population is paid a living wage for Syria's cost of living, and what percent of the population is made up of squatters in bread lines. In G-d I trust.
Yep, just as with Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine – getting caught in a US backed war is ruinous!
Olives and dates
USA looted the oil wealth of Syria.Then ,from where will come income.
Don't worry, the Chinese will make a business out of it. They like to support anti-Western Islamists, such as in Afghanistan.
Western democracy at work
"What is left of Syria's economy?"What a rhetorical and absurd question your asking after usa and the so called western alliance have occupied East of Syria stealing oil and grains leaving the local Syrian population to starve to death, besides being the cause of the dirty Syrian war with collaboration with the serpent erdogan who is a shameless backstaber and traitor.And now this propaganda channel is pretending to analyze and care for Syria welfare.
Everything is fine there they can return now.
The economy was soaring before the war which was the main for the US to initiate this war.
After the situation stabilized in 2018, the illegal sanctions did not allow the economy to recover.
It was just another crime of the west.
I personally hope that the new government will not close a single deal with any Western company!
Was there a point to this report???
I read an paper in 2015 saying after only 4 years of war the damage was so great it would take 30 years to recover. Can’t imagine what it would be now
Back in 2011 Syria had 10 billion more GDP than my country. Now they don`t have 10 billion GDP as a whole.
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