HOW HAVE WAR AND SANCTIONS AFFECTED TRADE AND THE ECONOMY? Dwindling oil and tourism revenues decimated Syria's exports from $18.4 billion in 2010 to $1.8 billion in 2021, according to the World Bank.

The top U.N. envoy for Syria is warning that its transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment ...

Below is a round-up of the current state of Syria's economy and how 14 years of civil war, ending with Assad's fall in December, reshaped trade and government finances.

Officials from Jordan, Syria and the U.S. have discussed ways of supporting war-torn Syria’s reconstruction on the basis of improving security after deadly clashes last month. The talks took ...

New Islamist rulers are trying to destroy the drug empire that financed the former regime in Damascus. Can they succeed?

DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria has carried out its first international bank transaction via the SWIFT system since the outbreak of its 14-year civil war, its central bank governor said on Thursday, a ...

Over a decade of devastating conflict has left communities across Syria littered with explosive remnants of war, including an estimated 324,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance. Mohammed, 15, learned ...

FRONTLINE has been covering the war in Syria since it began in 2011, tracing its origins and evolution, its impact on Syrians and the rest of the world, and how the U.S. has responded.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers Tuesday that Syria may be weeks away from plunging into another civil war or collapsing altogether.