Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 13

28-Mar-2011

syria

Syria Promises Economic/Political Reforms

In a bid to defuse a dangerous political situation in the aftermath of violent street protests in the southern Syrian city of Dir'a which left more than 44 dead (and possibly over 100 according to some reports), the Regional Command of the Ba'th Arab Socialist Party headed by its Secretary Syrian President Bashar al-Asad rushed on 24 March to announce a number of economic and political...