Karam Shaar, On the Myth of Rami Makhlouf's 60% Share of the Syrian Economy, karamshaar.com blog, 6 May 2020
Source ID
SRC-042
Citation
Karam Shaar, On the Myth of Rami Makhlouf's 60% Share of the Syrian Economy, karamshaar.com blog, 6 May 2020
URL or path
research/The Real Share of Makhlouf in Syrian Economy_ Myth vs Fact.pdf
Type
Specialist blog post
Hierarchy tier
4
Published
2020-05-06
Accessed
2026-08-10
Snapshot
Supplied by the author and opened 10 August 2026. 2 pages, text layer present
Claims
CH2-001
Status
READ
Version history
The register keeps changing after the book is fixed in print. Each entry below was added to this row in the order shown.
RETIERED 11 August 2026 under D-028 against EVIDENCE_PROTOCOL's six-level source hierarchy. The previous value was an ad hoc quality score on an undocumented scale. Tier now records SOURCE TYPE only; how far this project has checked the document is the Status column. Previous value: tier 2. Verbatim and complete: Yes, Rami is influential. But that he controlled 60% of Syria's economy is a very common myth. Perhaps 6%? Look at the composition of Syria's output in 2010 to get a sense of Rami's share. He had little presence in agriculture, mining, wholesale, and public services. The chapter's account is confirmed with ONE CORRECTION. The chapter says Makhlouf's ABSENCE from agriculture, mining, wholesale and public services. Shaar wrote LITTLE PRESENCE IN. Absence overstates it and must be fixed. The date is now exact, 6 May 2020, where the chapter said May 2020. MATERIAL CONTEXT the chapter does not carry: the post opens My response to Danny Makki's report for the Middle East Institute, and links it. It is a direct reply to SRC-043, published the same day
PERMISSION REQUESTED 2 SEPTEMBER 2026. The author states he emailed Karam Shaar Advisory Ltd on that date, seeking permission for both uses, the Chapter 2 quotation of the heading, the opening line and the body in full, and the curated appendix quotation of the heading and 35 words of the same body. Letter at audits/reports/GATE8_permission_requests_2026-09-02.md, letter 1, authorised by D-164 part 2. RECORDED ON THE AUTHOR STATEMENT: this process has seen no sent item, no delivery receipt and no reply, and did not send it. NO REPLY IS RECORDED AS AT 2 SEPTEMBER 2026. This is the only place in the book that reproduces substantially the whole of a copyright work, and it does so twice.