Syria Tightens Import Curbs to Save Scarce Dollars for Wheat

Source:Bloomberg Date:20Aug2021

Why am I posting this article?  Well, growing hardship had always triggered new waves of migration towards Turkey. As well, Assad may want  to end the stalemate quickly by attacking rebel-held Idlib, patroned by Turkey.  In some sense, Turkey’s invasion of her border regions with Syria had succeeded against Russia and Iran. Assad is   stuck  in a war which he can’t finish. Will he sue for a just peace which will facilitate the return of Syrians in Turkey home?

The government is struggling to fund imports a decade into a civil war that’s devastated the economy and drawn in powers from the U.S. to Russia and Turkey. While restrictions on purchases of hard currency have been in place for years, outright bans on foreign goods are rare.