Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Syria will shift from the Russian Federation constituency to the Arab Group at the World Bank on 1 November 2026, a realignment reviewed when the finance minister met the bloc's executive director on the sidelines of the annual IMF and World Bank meetings.
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At the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Syria's finance minister met the World Bank president to seek a larger role for the bank in rebuilding the economy, backing the private sector, and preparing a multi-donor reconstruction fund.
Read More →Syria's finance minister met a Bank of America delegation on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok to discuss financing for reconstruction and strategic projects, as Damascus courts global banks to back private investment.
Read More →Direct commercial flights between Cairo and Damascus are set to return in mid-November 2026, ending a break that began in 2011, as a low-cost Egyptian carrier plans about seven weekly flights from Cairo and three from Hurghada.
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Syria's finance minister and a senior International Monetary Fund official met on the sidelines of the Fund's annual meetings in Bangkok to review the country's financial reforms and the preparations needed for an Article IV consultation.
Read More →The Syrian Petroleum Company began unloading a 29,964-ton diesel tanker at the Banias oil terminal on 15 October 2026 to stabilize supplies, as Hama, Aleppo and Idlib grapple with an acute fuel shortage ahead of winter.
Read More →The UN Refugee Agency is expanding cash assistance for Syrians returning home from Jordan, offering 70 dinars per person plus transport and vulnerability grants, with free registration opening on 18 October 2026.
Read More →Emirati developer Mohammed Alabbar says he intends to invest more than $16 billion in Syrian real estate and tourism, as his firm Eagle Hills signs a framework agreement for flagship projects in Damascus and Latakia.
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The Central Bank of Syria will begin legal action against unlicensed money-exchange and transfer operators on 18 October 2026, without further warning, after issuing 755 warnings earlier in the month.
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On the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Syrian officials and the head of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development discussed rescheduling the country's debts from past development projects, with proposals expected in the coming weeks.
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