Author: Patricia Chaira

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Economy Geopolitics

The Hard Part About Rebuilding Syria’s Economy — At Home And Abroad

Inside Jobar Destroyed Neighborhood near Damascus - Jobar
Inside Jobar Destroyed Neighborhood near Damascus - Jobar Abd Rabbo Ammar/Abaca/ZUMA

Once a hub of commerce and industry in the Middle East, Syria’s means of production have been destroyed by years of conflict. The country’s new leaders are making economic recovery a priority. First, though, it must begin by lifting international sanctions.

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Israel-Palestine War

Syria, An Unlikely Refuge For Anyone Fleeing Lebanon — Syrian Refugees Too

Photo of two children putting their belongings in a car as people flee from Lebanon into the Syrian countriside at the Jdeidat Yabous border crossing on Sept. 24.
People fleeing from Lebanon into the Syrian countriside at the Jdeidat Yabous border crossing on Sept. 24. Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua/ZUMA

As Israel continued its strikes in several parts of the country, more than 30,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon set out for the Syrian border. It’s an improbable turn of events, after years of Syrians fleeing into Lebanon.

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