Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls to help the economy, experts say. Syria, Assad, Bashar al-, International Trade and World Market, Embargoes and Sanctions, Economic Conditions and Trends, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls to help the economy, experts say. NYT > Business