{"id":299020,"date":"2025-11-25T18:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bags-of-cash-and-rolling-blackouts-inside-syrias-shaky-economic-recovery-the-dip-podcast\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T18:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T18:05:42","slug":"bags-of-cash-and-rolling-blackouts-inside-syrias-shaky-economic-recovery-the-dip-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/bags-of-cash-and-rolling-blackouts-inside-syrias-shaky-economic-recovery-the-dip-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Bags of cash and rolling blackouts: inside Syria\u2019s shaky economic recovery | The Dip Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TgDwdxSPs70\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bags of cash and rolling blackouts: inside Syria\u2019s shaky economic recovery | The Dip Podcast\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TgDwdxSPs70\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Syria is entering a new phase as US and EU sanctions are rolled back and an IMF mission reports the first signs of economic recovery, helped by returning refugees and slowly rising investor confidence.\u00a0Yet reconstruction needs run into the hundreds of billions of dollars, with destroyed homes, damaged roads and landmines blocking people from safely returning to their towns and farms. 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