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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Syrian economy

People queue up for gasoline in Idlib province, Syria, Sunday Dec. 15, 2022 (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
January 5, 2023, 11:18 am
Why Syria’s economic crisis has hit a new low, bringing country to a standstill
A slowdown in oil imports from Iran, a plunging currency and spiraling inflation means many can’t afford to commute to work or buy basic goods — surviving on remittances and aid
By ABBY SEWELL
Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis listens to Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, January 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
June 11, 2020, 6:02 pm
Syria’s Assad fires PM amid worsening economic crisis
President taps water resources minister to replace Imad Khamis, whose ouster comes ahead of new US sanctions on any entity or nation doing business with the country
By Albert Aji
In this May 18, 2017, photo, Syrian boys pose for a picture as they sell balloons at the Hamadiyah market, in the Old City of Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
June 2, 2017, 11:55 am
In Damascus, a general feeling that the war is winding down
New shops opening, business is brisk and some who fled are contemplating return, but optimism is not shared in areas recaptured by regime from rebels
By Zeina Karam
Syrian refugees fleeing the northern embattled city of Aleppo on February 6, 2016 (AFP / BULENT KILIC)
February 11, 2016, 10:00 am
More than 1 in 10 Syrians killed or injured, report says
Nearly half the population said to be refugees within and outside Syria, and civil war has dropped life expectancy from 70 to 55
By Sue Surkes
Syrian traders sit at the Syrian stock exchange in Damascus on September 21, 2015. (AFP/LOUAI BESHARA)
December 9, 2015, 11:56 am
As Syria stock exchange slumps, investors hold shares and dream of rally
Market has stayed open throughout war, but only a few intrepid investors continue to show up on the trading floor in Damascus
By Maher Al Mounes
Ali Akbar Velayati, a top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 19, 2015, 7:12 pm
Syria touts Iran support as new credit line extended
Assad calls Tehran ‘key pillar’ in combating rebels; Islamic Republic will back Syria ‘by all means,’ Khamenei aide vows
By AP and AFP
Illustrative photo of a pile of coins (photo credit: Shutterstock)
November 14, 2014, 1:11 pm
Islamic State to mint its own currency
Jihadist group plans to replace western money with its own coins in bid to free Muslims from ‘satanical economic oppression’
By AFP and AP
Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad stand on a truck full of aid supplies, in Qusair, Syria, June 5, 2013. (photo credit: AP/SANA/File)
April 9, 2014, 10:27 am
Iran sends 30,000 tons of food to bolster Syrian regime
World Food Program says food shortages will likely worsen as drought affects upcoming harvests
By Barbara Surk
A Syrian standing in the rubble of a building destroyed by the shelling of Syrian forces, in the al-Hamidiyyeh neighborhood of Homs province, Syria, on Thursday, June 27, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Lens Young Homsi)
June 30, 2013, 10:32 pm
Civil war caused $15b in damage, Syria official claims
Head of UN team drawing up postwar reconstruction plan estimates overall damage to Syrian economy stands at $60-$80 billion
June 19, 2013, 1:56 pm
G-8 countries stumble over Assad condemnation
Arab columnists angered by West’s lack of will, while the Syrian lira is in freefall
By Michael Bassin
A Syrian man on a motorbike negotiates the price of fuel with a street vendor in the Syrian village of Atmeh, near the Turkish border (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
June 19, 2013, 4:15 am
Syrian pound tumbles as US plans to arm rebels
Government tries to calm public by announcing a $1 billion credit line from Iran, but as civil war continues, citizens converting currency to gold
By Albert Aji and Bassam Mroue
Syrian President Bashar Assad, center, stands next to Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Dawoud Rajha, right, and Chief of Staff Gen. Fahed al-Jasem el-Freij, left, during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, in Damascus, Syria, in 2011. (AP Photo/SANA)
February 9, 2013, 11:36 am
Syrian president reshuffles economic cabinet posts
Amid power shortages and other ravages, Assad names new oil, finance, social affairs ministers; security posts unchanged
By Albert Aji and Bassam Mroue
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