Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Syria's customs authority reported intercepting more than 1.3 million captagon pills, counterfeit dollars and pounds, gold, antiquities and weapons during the first six months of 2026, framing the campaign as a defense of the national economy.
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Syria's finance minister ordered a committee to speed up settling non-performing loans owed to the European Investment Bank, under a March 2026 decree allowing rescheduling and penalty waivers.
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Syria has received about 860,000 tons of wheat from farmers this season, with Hasakah province alone delivering some 300,000 tons and expected to exceed one million tons.
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A Syrian delegation joined the World Customs Organization Council's 147th and 148th sessions in Brussels on 26 June 2026, the country's first return to the body in years, presenting a new customs law, a unified ports and customs authority, and an updated tariff.
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Syria's finance ministry met its two main pension bodies on 26 June 2026 to speed up the executive instructions needed to apply an already-issued decree raising retirees' pensions, aiming to reflect the increase in upcoming payments.
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An oil-well service rig known as XJ has returned to operation in the central region's fields in Homs after an overhaul carried out with domestic expertise, restoring capacity to repair oil and gas wells.
Read More →The Local Administration Ministry approved 2026 operating budgets for 106 city councils across 11 governorates between 14 May and 1 June, giving local units binding allocations to fund services and projects.
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Syria's state insurer signed its first reinsurance contract in more than 15 years, covering aircraft risks for the new Syrian Aviation Holding Company through high-rated international reinsurers in the Lloyd's of London market.
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A UAE government delegation met Syria's geology and mineral authority on 25 June 2026 to discuss expanding mining investment and building rail links from mines to seaports for export.
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The first Jazeera Airways flight from Kuwait landed at Aleppo International Airport on 25 June 2026 carrying 148 passengers, with the carrier set to run two weekly flights and later three.
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