Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Mohammad Safwat Rislan, named central bank governor by Decree No. 99 of 2026, said in his first public remarks that monetary policy will be judged by visible results, not statements, and ruled out improvised fixes.
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Syria's customs and border authority began a comprehensive rehabilitation of the long-idle phosphate berth at Tartus port on 16 May 2026, with new dust controls and closed transport systems aimed at restoring exports.
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Latakia Port began handing expatriate shipments seized for years back to their owners on 16 May 2026, charging no storage or customs fees, after the national ports and customs authority ordered the warehouses opened.
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The Syrian Development Fund said its first disbursement of $15 million will go to education, health, economic empowerment, war-debris removal, and early-warning systems in governorates with returning displaced families and clear service gaps.
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The Syrian Grain Establishment switched on a nationwide online booking portal on 16 May 2026 to let wheat farmers in all fourteen governorates reserve their delivery slot through grain-queue.org instead of queueing at state collection centers.
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The General Authority for Ports and Customs has put a new 20-ton hydraulic grab into service at Latakia and returned three heavy Liebherr and Gottwald cranes to operation, raising lift capacity three to ten times over older gear.
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Syria's Banias port has revived ship-maintenance work after years of dormancy, with seven vessels currently in its yards. Work includes converting cargo ships into livestock carriers and overhauling docks, cranes and utility lines.
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The UN World Food Program has suspended its nationwide bread support and cut emergency food rations in half, with humanitarian appeals 16 percent funded as roughly two-thirds of Syrians need aid in 2026.
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Syria's Hassia industrial city announced the results of its second plot-subscription round on 16 May 2026, drawing 25 applications worth about $145.75 million and projected to create 1,566 direct jobs.
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