What is the potential for the oil sector, and how much oil can the Caretaker Government in Damascus produce? What challenges does the sector face?

What are the bottlenecks to the recovery of Syria’s electricity sector? The relative roles of fuels, production capacity, and sanctions, and how external actors can help.

With sanctions being the main leverage for the West on the emerging government in Damascus and the main impediment to recovery, easing them should be a delicate balancing act.

Assad’s fall jeopardizes Russian economic ventures in Syria, particularly those linked to Kremlin oligarchs, but the Caretaker Government has made positive statements so far.

While Assad’s fall ended state-backed captagon production, the rise of small trafficking networks and the specter of a shift to crystal meth are complicating efforts by Syria’s new government to curb the trade.
Caroline Rose, New Lines Institute.