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The World Bank says that the $15.5 million Syria owed it has been paid off by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, enabling Damascus to take out new loans.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://apnews.com/article/syria-world-bank-saudi-arabia-qatar-debt-007d228b56cd1a42cc1daaf1e662cfec


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[–] small44@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The old regime was owned by Iran. The new regime is owned by these two I guess.

[–] small44@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

I am curious about probable future policies

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Syria demolished their government owned companies for Turkish alternatives too

I expected better but I guess I'm just a fucking idiot for being anywhere near optimistic, will the people even see an improvement in their lives?

Obviously yes, the war is over, but I just wanted a stable, powerful and growing moral regional power in middle east for once, man.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

Concessions from what is likely to be a rapidly growing economy over the upcoming decade? They're trying to diversify economically so they're likely looking to capture the Syrian market before Turkey does.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

How much an used plane costs these days? Say, that could hypothetically be used as a "Wish" Air Force One…?