Long suppressed by war, sanctions, and isolation, Syria today sees an unexpected ray of hope. Driven by a beginning of international détente and a series of internal reforms, the Syrian economy is slowly restarting. From agriculture to health, through education and technology, the country sketches a fragile but determined renaissance, where each advancement becomes a symbol of hope and resilience.
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The reconstruction through small victories
22-med – November 2025
• Syria is beginning a restart driven by concrete initiatives, from education to health.
• A gradual reconstruction is taking shape, fueled by international partnerships and targeted reforms.
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After fifteen years of destruction and isolation, the country finally sees a breakthrough: that of a reconstruction that cannot be decreed with slogans, but is built through small victories, often invisible, sometimes fragile, but very real. The partial lifting of certain sanctions, the arrival of international funds, the resumption of academic cooperation, and sectoral reforms create an unprecedented climate and movement.
These are not grandiose projects, but a mosaic of complementary solutions: rehabilitating a market to revive local production, rebuilding schools to secure the future, reforming universities to retain talent, accelerating the digitization of services to modernize the state, strengthening care units to save lives, and encouraging the return of exiled doctors to rebuild essential skills. Syria is not reborn all at once: it is reassembling, piece by piece.
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