Syria's Government Promises Prosperity, and Households Say Otherwise

Deutsche Welle reports that Syria's government says it is restructuring the economy and announcing prosperity, while ordinary Syrians say they are not feeling it — and that their lives are getting worse. DW frames the follow-on question plainly: who exactly is likely to benefit? A restructuring can lift headline numbers and still leave households where they stood; the test Syrians describe is what actually reaches them, not what is announced.