... greatest of these changes is the China-mediated rapprochement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Given that these countries are regional “centers of power”, their new and improved relations may help reduce regional ... ... East’s approach to international relations is Turkey’s foreign policy. Particularly important, is Turkey’s position on Syria prior to the presidential elections in May 2023, and the new aspects it has now acquired following the victory of incumbent ...
... an algorithm for providing economic aid to Damascus
The ninth year of internal armed conflict has brought new challenges to Syria. According to
data from the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
published on September 23, 2020, the damage done to the Syrian economy by the end of 2019 exceeded USD 442 bn. Still, under sanctions and with no international consensus on how to finance recovery,... ... retroactively a voluntary sum of
134,523 U.S. dollars
for supplying goods and services to Syria (as well as to the sanctioned Iran and Crimea) for the period from November 5, 2011, to October 18, 2018.
In seemingly friendly Lebanon, which is in dire need ...
... create difficulties, but also form prerequisites for mobilizing Syria’s internal resources and expanding Russia’s economic ... ... experts thought that the country’s marginalization in the global economy would make it less vulnerable to the pandemic. The authorities ... ... was rumoured to have been placed under house arrest for his refusal to donate the bulk of his 5-billion-dollar fortune to advance ... ... Russian business has experience in dividing up the roles with Iran, the leading economic player in Syria. For instance, the global ...