News | Economy
23-11-2021
The Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria recently announced that its 2022 budget is forecasted to be 60 percent higher than this year’s budget, making it the highest budget since the administration was founded. However, because of the lack of transparency, budget figures should be taken with caution.
News | Others
23-11-2021
Millions of people across Syria’s north and northeast are affected by the lack of access to sufficient supplies of water due to both climatic and man-made factors, from a decrease in rainfall to the widespread destruction of water infrastructure.
CHART OF THE WEEK
23-11-2021
Prior to the conflict, Syria was one of the most visited countries in the Middle East. In 2010, 9,456,622 tourists travelled to the country, among which 6,281,525 (66 percent) were Arabs and 3,175,097 were non-Arabs (34 percent). In 2019, the number of non-Arab tourists was slightly above 200,000 (8 percent), while the number of Arab tourists amounted to 2,219,626 (92 percent), for a total of 2,424,285 tourists.
