After over a decade of war, a look at what's left of the Syrian economy

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As Syrian rebels topple the government of Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, we take stock of what over a decade of fighting has done to the country’s economy. Syria’s GDP has been decimated by the conflict’s human and material toll, while the Syrian pound has plummeted. On its last legs, the cash-strapped regime grasped at any opportunities to bring in revenue, including producing and trafficking narcotics.

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