Its GDP, its foreign trade and the value of loans to its private sector have all nearly doubled in the past four years, as reforms have tapped suppressed entrepreneurial vigour.

• 随着他的改革释放了压抑已久的企业家激情，叙利亚的GDP，外贸和私人领域贷款总值在过去四年间都几乎翻了近两倍。