Syria

Soaring Prices Test Syria’s Post-Assad Recovery as Subsidy Cuts Fuel Public Anger

Syrians are facing a sharp rise in living costs as the end of long-standing subsidies collides with a fragile post-Assad recovery, deepening public frustration and exposing the limits of the new government’s economic room for maneuver. The pressure is emerging as a political test for President Ahmed al-Sharaa, whose administration is trying to stabilize a country still battered by war, sanctions, and institutional collapse.