Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
The Syrian state will pay salaries for some 50,000 administrative employees and 15,000 internal security personnel in the northeast under the integration agreement, while the Nusaybin border crossing with Turkey is set to reopen, the SDF commander said on 14 May 2026.
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Syria's transport minister and a World Bank delegation met in Damascus on 13 May 2026 to set the next steps for financing a rail rehabilitation project linking Europe to the Gulf via Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.
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Damascus governorate will issue temporary Eid al-Adha slaughter permits to licensed butchers between 12 and 25 May 2026, charging 5,000 new Syrian pounds per license and a 10,000 SYP fine for unlicensed slaughter.
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Syria's Ministry of Justice issued a binding circular on 13 May 2026 making electronic court notifications equivalent to in-person service, requiring all litigants to register an email, messaging account, or phone number for case proceedings.
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Syria's Ministry of Energy will begin accepting fuel station license applications on 1 June 2026 through Energy Services Directorates in every governorate, under newly issued executive regulations announced via its Telegram channel.
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Two ships arrived at Syria's Tartus port from Romania on 12 May 2026 carrying 32,000 head of livestock destined for Jordan, in a transit shipment that officials linked to a rise in commercial traffic through the Mediterranean port.
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Syria's General Authority for Crossings and Customs has authorized investors operating in free zones to import used cars from neighboring countries, conditional on a written pledge that the vehicles will not be sold or registered locally.
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Iraq's General Customs Authority received its first cargo shipment under the international road transport (TIR) system from Syria bound for Kuwait on 11 May 2026, transiting the recently reopened al-Walid – al-Tanf border crossing.
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The first Syrian–Emirati Investment Forum opened at the People's Palace in Damascus on 11 May 2026, with officials disclosing $1.3 billion in non-oil bilateral trade for 2025 and tax exemptions of up to 80 percent for industrial investors.
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