Key View:

• We at Fitch Solutions have significantly revised up our real GDP growth forecasts for Syria, and now expect growth to come in at 5.8% in 2019, from 0.1% previously.
• Our stronger expectations are in large part due to a brighter outlook for private consumption and a likely uptick in fixed investment.
• We maintain, however, that a return

Key View:

• Syria's rehabilitation in the Arab world is likely to accelerate in 2019, as Arab powers seek a rapprochement with the Assad regime to counterbalance the influence of Iran in Syria.
• However, rapprochement will not be uniform, with some countries such as Saudi Arabia more reluctant to restore and improve ties.
• Although warming