Syria War | As Others Lost Billions, Syria Found A Goldmine | Faultlines
While the gulf war has disrupted trade and energy markets across the region, one country has emerged as an unlikely beneficiary, Syria. As tensions around the Strait of Hormuz complicated traditional oil exports, Iraq increasingly turned to Syrian territory as an alternative route to global markets. The result has been a financial windfall for Damascus. A conflict that hurt many regional economies may have unexpectedly handed Syria a new strategic and economic opportunity.
