The Syria Dispatch

Syria Monthly Economic Digest - June 2026

Monetary stabilization, agricultural recovery, social unrest, and Syria's regional reintegration.

Jul 2 • Benjamin Fève

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Can Syria Become a Transit Hub?

Originally published by Levant24, this piece argues that Syria’s path to becoming a transit corridor starts with reliability, reconstruction, and usable…

Jul 1 • Benjamin Fève

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June 2026

EU Funding Development in Syria: The Return of an Old Problem?

What a forgotten 1982 European mission reveals about the EU’s struggle to turn support into implementation today.

Jun 25 • Benjamin Fève

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Rime Allaf on Assadism, Memory, and Syria's Long Road Forward

On life under Assad, the roots of the revolution, and rebuilding trust in post-Assad Syria.

Jun 18 • Benjamin Fève

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Competitive Stabilization? Gulf and European Engagement in Post-Assad Syria

On Saudi, Qatari, Emirati, and European approaches to Syria and how Damascus is balancing quick wins, conditional support, and competing patrons.

Jun 15 • Benjamin Fève

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Syria Monthly Economic Digest - May 2026

External re-engagement, energy and transit ambitions, financial reform, and the domestic pressures testing Syria’s recovery.

Jun 5 • Benjamin Fève

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From Stabilization to Recovery? Syria’s Uneven Economic Transition

On energy, EU–Syria relations, aid, investment, refugee returns, and the gap between macroeconomic stabilization and everyday life.

Jun 5 • Benjamin Fève

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Syria Needs More Electricity. Does It Matter Who Builds It?

Why ownership matters less than procurement, regulation, and the cost of supply

Jun 2 • Benjamin Fève

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March 2026

The Relationship Between the EU and Syria (3)

The 1980s – Continuity and Political Rupture

Mar 30 • Benjamin Fève

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February 2026

The Relationship Between the EU and Syria (2)

The 1970s – The EEC-Syria Cooperation Agreement

Feb 16 • Benjamin Fève

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Centralization First: Syria’s Emerging Political Economy

On reconstruction, Gulf capital, debt, and the risks of managed access.

Feb 1 • Benjamin Fève

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January 2026

The Relationship Between the EU and Syria (1)

The 1960s – First Diplomatic Ties

Jan 14 • Benjamin Fève

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