With the hasty raising of salaries and uncalculated enhancement of diesel subsidies (both of which put an unbearable strain on state funds). With the panic surrounding the Syrian pound, the ruined fields of Idlib (one of the most significant agri sources in Syria), the looming power cuts in the pinnacle of the summer due to unfinished power generators’ contracts with European companies: you can only expect the resentment and discontent to rise in Syria in the next couple of months.

Hard to tell where the population at large will direct its wrath when the deteriorating economy hits them hard. The Syrian regime puts a spin into every bit of detail that doesn’t suit their narrative (for example, they keep repeating that Syria is ‘Fine’ while the economy is heading for the shitter): regime propaganda could simply blame these economical difficulties on the protesters and the perceptions of instability created by hatefuly and inciting foreign media. That, slightly plausible though it may be, would still be funny.  Given how the Syrian regime itself promoted the story of armed gangs shooting at unarmed civilians and destabilizing the country.  At any rate, the regime will spin the story to portray the protesters as the perpetrators of the economy collapse. And while it’s not a secret that the protesters and opposition are trying to strong-arm the regime through the economy, the regime will have to explain how a bunch of insignificant takfiri germs could bring the economy to a halt despite regime counter effort.

To be honest, I'm not so sure how an economical collapse will help anything. If the regime is strong enough to survive the protests, then it may also weather  another crisis. A fall of the regime isn't a sure result were the market to crumble and fall. We shouldn't forget that Mugabe and Saddam survived both and more. Mugabe, especially, had seen to it that his country's economy was beyond repair, and yet, it didn't inflict much damage on his power grip. You can argue that Syria today is different than Zimbabwe or Iraq, or that Mugabe was eventually forced to share power. Nevertheless, how different is Syria today? and how easy will it be to revive the economy once Syria is free (or on the course of proper transition)?