High inflation rates, price hikes of basic goods, unemployment, lack of economic policies and loss of income: the earthquake added to more than a decade of devastation, leaving Syrian citizens in the hands of diaspora remittances. Joseph Daher analyses the economic aspects of the February disaster.
The current water crisis wasn’t entirely unexpected. Profound changes to Syria’s hydrology have been taking place for decades due to mismanagement, climate change, economic growth, intensified water use, and heightened competition for water across international boundaries.