US proxies doing US proxy things

Western sanctions, the destruction of the major commercial and industrial cities of Aleppo and Homs during 13 years of war, and the loss of foreign currency earnings from oil exports all combined to shatter the economy.

This is the only mention of these things in the entire article. They basically gloss over the real reasons for Syria's economic problems and try to pin it on literally anything else.

Syria's new rulers back shift to free-market economy

Yes, for example price of bread is already 900% up

Saw another article about Blackrock also sinking their teeth into Syria