Since December 8, the new Syrian government’s rhetoric has focused on two main points: first, portraying itself as the inheritor of a broken, devastated, and fractured state, burdened with debts that may be impossible to repay even in the medium term;

Despite some local media outlets in Syria and Jordan celebrating this as a positive development for both nations, Syrian exports to Jordan actually declined by 7.1%, from 14 million to 13 million Jordanian dinars year-on-year.