CapitalDamascus
Government typetransitional presidential republic
Chief of stateAhmad al-Shara'; former President Bashar al-ASAD was overthrown by Islamist rebels on 8 December 2024
Natural resourcespetroleum, phosphates, chrome and manganese ores, asphalt, iron ore, rock salt, marble, gypsum, hydropower
Industriespetroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, automobile assembly
Export partnersTurkey 29%, Saudi Arabia 16%, Lebanon 10%, India 10%, UAE 5% (2023)
Import partnersTurkey 49%, UAE 11%, China 8%, Egypt 7%, Lebanon 3% (2023)
