Syria’s first wheat shipment since al-Assad ouster points to recovery | Business and Economy News

Traders say Syria has largely been relying on overland imports from neighbours this year.

A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria’s Latakia port, the first such delivery since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted in December, the government said, as it pushes to boost an economy ravaged by nearly 14 years of ruinous civil war.

Traders say Syria has this year been largely relying on overland imports from neighbours.

Officials of the new government led by interim President Ahmed…