Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Syria has asked Qatar to extend for two years a grant that funds Azerbaijani gas deliveries, and to raise volumes, after the program helped supply power to about 5 million people.
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A June 9, 2026 summit in Gaziantep set targets to lift Syria-Turkey trade past $5 billion and revive rail and customs crossings, as officials cast the relationship as strategic economic integration.
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A gas line linking Turkey to Aleppo has entered service, while Damascus and Baghdad weigh reactivating the Kirkuk-Banias oil pipeline at up to 2.5 million barrels. Both anchor a 'Four Seas' plan to cast Syria as an energy and transit corridor between Asia and Europe.
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A Saudi investment group and Syria's civil aviation authority completed an on-site inspection at Aleppo International Airport, moving a long-planned modernization toward its implementation phase.
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The Central Bank of Syria says citizens keep the right to exchange old banknotes for five years after the 30 July deadline for swaps through banks and exchange firms, as the pound trades near 14,600 to the dollar.
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A delegation from the Islamic Development Bank met Syria's transport minister to assess roughly 10,000 kilometers of primary roads and study five strategic corridors spanning some 1,500 kilometers.
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Syria's state holding company has launched the New Damascus Icon and its Damascus Financial Center, a six-tower complex in the capital's Baramkeh district expected to create 15,000 jobs.
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Syria's transport ministry earmarked about $15 million to rehabilitate roads and bridges across Raqqa province in 2026, while opening talks with the Saudi Development Fund for a concessional loan to build two new bridges linking Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor.
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Syria has granted defaulting borrowers at state banks an additional month to settle non-performing loans under Decree No. 70 of 2026, keeping waivers on penalty and contractual interest in place.
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Syria's National Import and Export Committee has halted imports of broiler, white, and feathered chicks until further notice, citing protection of domestic producers under Decree No. 107 of 2026.
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