A 49-year-old tailor in Damascus who gave only his nickname, Abu Shadi (“father of Shadi”) said he hopes the mending of ties between Syria and Saudi Arabia will improve the economy and kickstart reconstruction in the war-battered country.
In government-held Syria, residents struggling with ballooning inflation and shortages hope the rapprochement will bring more investment and ease a crippling economic crisis
Syrians on opposite sides of the battle lines have different views on the normalization of ties between Assad’s government and Syria’s neighbors. Government-held residents hope for economic relief, while those in opposition-held areas feel isolated.
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