Syria

While our core scenario is for Syria to re-emerge into the international community, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is clearly not as yet throwing all his eggs into the one basket... 2008-08-20

BMI View: Syria is in for a broad-based economic slowdown (but not a recession), unless it strikes a peace deal with Israel, opening the way for rapprochement with the international... 2008-08-12

Circumstances surrounding the death of top Syrian official General Muhammad Suleiman are unclear to say the least, and we hesitate to draw any firm conclusions at this point, except... 2008-08-04

Reports in Israeli media today give the most hopeful sign yet that a peace deal could be struck with Syria. According to the Jerusalem Post, quoting envoys present at the recent talks... 2008-08-01

Syria's oil sector is rapidly diminishing. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), a US government agency, oil production totaled 393,000b/d in 2007 and net exports... 2008-07-22

Following on from its crucial involvement in May's Doha Agreement, which has brought a measure of stability to Lebanon, Syria has continued to re-engage with the international community.... 2008-07-22

While Syria is moving along a path of rapprochement with the West, key obstacles remain.

Iran and Syria have signed a new defence cooperation pact, only a week after turkey confirmed rumours that Damascus had begun indirect peace talks with Israel over the occupied Golan... 2008-05-30

Although real GDP growth will slow to 3.5% in 2008 - from an estimated 4.6% in 2007 - it will pick up again in the following year to come in around 3.8% on the back of strong growth... 2008-05-30

BMI View: While we expect real GDP growth to slow down over the coming years, given the ongoing decline in oil production and strong import growth, overall expansion will hold up... 2008-05-22