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Al Jazeera
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Alexander Kozul-Wright

Rebuilding Syria’s economy: Can stability return after war?

A shopkeeper counts Syrian currency bills at a market after the ousting of leader Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, December 16, 2024 [Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters]

When opposition forces ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in a lightning offensive on December 8, they inherited a crisis-hit economy.

One month later, they are working to restart it, facing the damage 14 years of war left and crippling sanctions that have decimated economic activity.

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