Syria
Political Risk
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...
2008-08-20Economy
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...
2008-08-12Political Risk
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...
2008-08-04Political Risk
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...
2008-08-01Economy
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...
2008-07-22Economy
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....
2008-07-22Political Risk
While Syria is moving along a path of rapprochement with the West, key obstacles remain.
2008-07-15Economy
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...
2008-05-30Economy
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...
2008-05-30Economy
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




