Suwayda

Syria on brink of economic collapse amid looming US sanctions

After nearly a decade of war, the country is crumbling under the weight of years-long Western sanctions, corruption, a pandemic and an economic downslide made worse by the financial crisis in Lebanon, Syria’s main link with the outside world.

Protests against Syria's decaying economy continue

Residents said demonstrators near a main square of the southwestern city, Suwayda, called for Assad’s overthrow, echoing chants at the start of pro-democracy protests in 2011.