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Published Date: 31 March 2022

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Syria

Key Figures of FDI and International Trade

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$): $804.16 (Millions) (2011)

Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$): $0 (Millions) (2010)

Exports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $19,605.79 (Millions) (2010)

Imports of goods and services (BoP, current US$): $19,408.80 (Millions) (2010)

Source: World Bank (Note, The latest database on Syria refers to 2010/2011, so please see below alternative sources)

• Syria - Country Profile - 2020 (indexmundi.com)

• No FDI in Syria for Ninth Year in a Row – UN Report – Syria Report (syria-report.com)

Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

FactSheet_2021_new (unctad.org)

Syria - Trade - European Commission (europa.eu

Syria (SYR) Exports, Imports, and Trade Partners | OEC - The Observatory of Economic Complexity

Syria Balance of Trade - 2021 Data - 2022 Forecast - 1983-2020 Historical - Chart (tradingeconomics.com)

Macro Data

Syrian Arab Republic | Data (worldbank.org)

Syrian Arab Republic and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Syria - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Syria country profile - BBC News

Research Papers and Research Books

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics » Submission » Socio-economic impacts in a Changing Climate: Case Study Syria (dergipark.org.tr)

Russian-Turkish cooperation in Syria: geopolitical alignment with limits: Cambridge Review of International Affairs: Vol 34, No 6 (tandfonline.com)

Institutional reform and FDI decision in transition economies: A qualitative study of Syria - Mahmoud Alajaty, 2017 (sagepub.com)

Trade determinants and potential of Syria: using a gravity model ‘with an estimation of the Syrian crisis’ impact on exports’: Middle East Development Journal: Vol 7, No 2 (tandfonline.com)

Trade Liberalization, Exports and Imports in Syria - Adel Shakeeb Mohsen, Soo Y. Chua, Che Normee Che Sab, 2017 (sagepub.com)

Export diversification in a transitioning economy - Lim - 2012 - Economics of Transition and Institutional Change - Wiley Online Library

Effects of oil and non-oil exports on the economic growth of Syria

The impact of parallel market exchange rate volatility and oil exports on real GDP in Syria: Evidence from the ARDL approach: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development: Vol 27, No 3 (tandfonline.com)

Social Sciences | Free Full-Text | Oil in Syria between Terrorism and Dictatorship (mdpi.com)

Civil war hinders crop production and threatens food security in Syria | Nature Food

Future urban development scenarios for post-conflict Syria. How will returning refugees shape the future? - ScienceDirect

Political discourse of President Bashar Al-Assad after the Syrian revolution (analytical vision) | Emerald Insight

PAX SYRIANA: THE STAYING POWER OF BASHAR AL ASSAD: Asian Affairs: Vol 50, No 1 (tandfonline.com)

Cycle of Fear: Syria's Alawites in War and Peace - Leon Goldsmith - Google Books

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV Programs

Iraq and Syria: After Islamic State? [Full Documentary] - BBC News - YouTube

Syria: Child Workers in the Oil Industry I ARTE.tv Documentary - YouTube

Germany: Syrian torture on trial | DW Documentary - YouTube

Syria — is it a war without end? | Start Here - YouTube

History

Syria: A Modern History - David W. Lesch - Google Books

Fragile Nation, Shattered Land: The Modern History of Syria - James A. Reilly - Google Books

The Battle for Syria (degruyter.com)

The Boy who started the Syrian War | Featured Documentary - YouTube

The war in Syria explained in five minutes - YouTube

Other Issues

Islamic State

Perspectives on the rebel social contract: Exit, voice, and loyalty in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria - ScienceDirect

Sexual Violence, Competitive State Building, and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding: Vol 13, No 2 (tandfonline.com)

The Violence of the Islamic State of Syria (ISIS): A Behavioral Perspective | Violence and Gender (liebertpub.com)

What kind of victory for Russia in Syria?

Revisiting Western Strategies against the Islamic State in Iraq a...: Ingenta Connect

The effects of terrorism on economic performance: the case of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) | SpringerLink

Energy infrastructure as a target of terrorist attacks from the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria - ScienceDirect

Sexual violence against women by so-called Islamic state of Iraq and Syria (ISIS): protocol for a systematic review | SpringerLink

Violence in the name of god? A framing processes approach to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: Social Movement Studies: Vol 17, No 1 (tandfonline.com)

Jihadist waves: Syria, the Islamic State, and the changing nature of foreign fighters - Güneş Murat Tezcür, Clayton Besaw, 2020 (sagepub.com)

Inside the Syrian city of Raqqa after Islamic State's fall - YouTube

Other

Recent Destructions in Palmyra, Syria: Looting and Illegal Antiquities Trade | SpringerLink

Tectonic and geologic influences on soil gas radon emission along the western extension of Damascus fault, Syria | SpringerLink

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