SYRIA
      
Syria Issues 2013 Budget Law
 
Syria’s budget law was formally issued on 23 December 2012 by President Bashar al-Asad, with total expenditure projected at S£1,383bn ($17.96bn), up 4.3% from the 2012 budget. The law did not disclose a figure for the deficit, which was previously estimated at S£749bn ($9.73bn), more than double the 2012 deficit of S£335bn ($4.35bn). When the government first approved the...