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So far in Trump's Gulf Tour, sanctions have been dropped and deals have been signed. Good morning.

This is the Marketplace Morning

Report and we're live from the BBC World Service. I'm Leanna Byrne. So today is day two of

Trump's four-day tour in the Middle East. So far there's been billions in Saudi investment and

later on he's expected to meet Syria's interim leader to lift sanctions against the country.

There is incredible happiness for all Syrians. It will be great for our country. Construction

will return. The prices will drop. There is good to come, God willing. The BBC's Lena

Sinjaab is following this one for us. Hello. Hi, good morning. Good morning. So from an economic

point of view, what do these

sanctions reliefs actually mean? They mean a lot for the country. This is a country that's been

wrecked by the war. The economy was devastated. 90% of the population under the poverty line.

That was mainly because of Assad's corruption. The economy mainly filtered to benefit the Assad regime,

leaving people in dire need for even basic food.

Electricity was cut.

Many cities were living in darkness.

And most importantly, the banking sector that was all halted.

So Syria felt like it was out of the world map.

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