Will Syrian Latakia Return?

[Gvkeeper]

The "new" regime claims that they are no longer interested in war, but only the concerns of their beloved country and it's citizens. Perhaps with prosperity in mind they would try to revitalize the past successes of Syria. However, even if they started today, from what I've read they will need quite a bit of time to re-establish and grow everything. I guess you never know. I'm not sure that I take their word for it, but stranger things...

 

[Sobrbiker]

It will be interesting to see what happens!

I’ve grown quite weary of living in “interesting times” over the last ten years…

 

[Sobrbiker]

The "new" regime claims that they are no longer interested in war, but only the concerns of their beloved country and it's citizens.

one word for ya, that @JOHN72 already mentioned……”taqiyya”

 

[Zamora]

Here is an excerpt from a May 29, 2024, report I found on line. It mentions the Latakia region, but not that specific tobacco. Of course, this is before the recent regime change and does not mention deforestation issues that may still exist surrounding Latakia:

”Tobacco is grown in most Syrian provinces, notably the countryside of Hama, Latakia, Daraa, Quneitra, and Homs. Its economic importance comes from enriching the state treasury through taxes and profits, in addition to increasing national income, securing foreign currency, and meeting the needs of the local market, alongside providing job opportunities.

According to an article published by the General Organization of Tobacco in Syria in 2017, tobacco is considered one of the most important economic crops in the country, being the third agricultural crop.

At the time the article was published, around 60 thousand farmers were working in tobacco cultivation, with about 90 thousand people living off its cultivation, manufacturing, and trade.

In recent years, there has been a clear trend within the Syrian regime government to support tobacco cultivation and farmers by offering attractive purchase prices from farmers and supporting fertilizers, fuel, medicines, and other needs, at the expense of other agricultural crops that do not hold the same importance, such as wheat.”

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There's a good chance we might see a boom in supply of Orientals and even in some rare non Latakia variants. Most of it will probably go to cigarettes but that's true of most tobacco that isn't grown for cigars.

 

[Zamora]

I’ve grown quite weary of living in “interesting times” over the last ten years…

At 30 I think I've lived through 5 elections that were the Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes

 

[Chasing Embers]

At 30 I think I've lived through 5 elections that were the Most Important Election of Our Lifetimes

You should've seen the ones in the 70s and 80s.

 

[elvishrunes]

My first good non-aro tobacco about 10 years ago was Peterson Old Dublin, still a great tobacco, but I’ve moved on to the more smokey Nightcap now for my Lat fix which is about 1/4 of my bowls these days, perfect balance of sweet nic and smoke. Anyhow, I have a few tins of Dublin from the late 20-teens I was thinking of trading or selling. But I realized in the tobacco apocalypse Latakia might be one of first tobaccos to disappear. It takes 6 months to make and is labour intensive, probably won’t happen anytime soon, but I think I’ll hold my tins for now.