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FALL OF ASSAD

Assad leaves behind a battered economy, swallowed up by criminal networks

According to World Bank estimates, domestic production would need at least a decade to return to its 2011 level.

Assad leaves behind a battered economy, swallowed up by criminal networks

People walking at the Damascus market on Dec. 9, 2024. (Credit: AFP)

Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, now in exile in Moscow, has left behind a battered economy, ravaged by 13 years of uprisings, repression, counter-revolutions, civil war and mass exodus.Between 11 and 12 million Syrians were forced to flee...
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, now in exile in Moscow, has left behind a battered economy, ravaged by 13 years of uprisings, repression, counter-revolutions, civil war and mass exodus.Between 11 and 12 million Syrians were forced to flee...