A collapsed economy and wasted resources ... Syria 10 years after the revolution

The Syrian revolution left its effects on all areas of life in Syria, and it changed in minute details, and turned others upside down, and the Syrian economy was not immune to what is happening in the country during a decade of the revolution’s life, rather it was the desired goal at times, and with each stage New entrants to Syria, with which that economy collapses, until the deficit has reached an amount after which the country will only be healed in many years.

Shadow Economy

Syria lived difficult years during which many factors emerged that were the cause of the collapse of the economy and the loss of the country's resources, whether due to the intransigence of the regime and the sanctions against it, or because of the increase in the rate of corruption in Syria after those events that I witnessed, but the Syrian regime always throws the causes of the collapse on the American and European sanctions, which are often It involves certain personalities, and this has contributed to the expansion of the parallel economy called the shadow economy at the expense of the country's natural economy.

In this regard, Younis al-Karim, an expert on Syrian economic affairs, says that the shadow economy in Syria is complex and complex, and after a decade of the revolution it has transformed into a de-facto economy with the regime’s attempt to give it legitimacy through laws that weaken the state’s ability to confront it.

Al-Karim added during his interview with Al-Jazeera Net that the Syrian economy can be considered a shadow economy, noting that Asma al-Akhras, the wife of Bashar al-Assad, is at the forefront of the Syrian economy after 10 years and after the clash that took place with the current of Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of Bashar al-Assad. The opposition is of great importance to the economy to limit the repercussions that could fall on the Syrian citizen if the regime falls and the country enters into a comprehensive political solution.

Inflation rate The consumer price index reached more than 2,100% compared with 2010 (Al-Jazeera)

The "Shabiha" economy

The executive director of the Syria Economy Working Group, Tammam al-Baroudi, uses the term "shabiha" economy instead of the shadow economy, which is run by businessmen loyal to the Syrian regime.

Al-Baroudi told Al-Jazeera Net, that the regime has exported new faces to manage the people's capabilities and livelihoods, as they trade in importing rice, oil, sugar and other things without there actually being any role for the state.

Al-Baroudi added that the Syrian citizen is outside the accounts of the state, regulations and officials, stressing that the regime's editions of the new banknote, which started with a value of "2000 pounds" and then that of "5000 pounds", indicate the collapse and bankruptcy of the system economically completely.

The disagreement that appeared in public for the first time within the narrow circle of the Assad family formed the image that the country is experiencing economically, as the economic battle between Rami Makhlouf and Asma al-Akhras left its effects on the economy in a large way, and that was directly from Bashar al-Assad, who said earlier that the reason for the collapse of the country's economy The US sanctions are not only the responsibility of the US sanctions, but the attempts to extract money from the country that are estimated in billions were the most prominent reasons, and the modern regime was not usually like this, as it was content to attack the West for its sanctions, and then declared and hinted at Rami Makhlouf after the latter appeared on social media to talk About corruption in the country after the dispute within the narrow circle.

The average income of a Syrian citizen is only about $ 10 per month (Al-Jazeera)

Losses in numbers

The United Nations estimates the losses of the Syrian economy at more than 440 billion dollars during the past years, while the losses of the oil sector alone amounted to more than 90 billion dollars, based on the statements of the Syrian Minister of Oil, and as for the inflation rate, the consumer price index reached more than 2100% compared to In 2010, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics in Syria.

The statistics presented by the United Nations and the Syrian regime may not be accurate as the country has not yet reached safety, and this heralds more losses and possibly collapse, at a time when the Syrian pound reached a new low for the first time in its history.

Today, a decade after the start of the Syrian revolution, the average income of a Syrian citizen is equal to only about $ 10 per month, while his income exceeded $ 500 in 2010, and this indicates the deterioration of the situation again in Syria, and even among the regime's supporters who suffer from poor economic conditions.