Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
A national committee has barred imports of all orange varieties into Syria from 11 November 2026 until 31 March 2027, directing customs to enforce the measure to protect the domestic harvest and support local growers during the peak season.
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A presidential decision will lengthen the official workday at administrative public bodies to run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting in early December 2026, with a review of the change after three months.
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Syria's agriculture ministry set the price of wheat seed for farmers at 66,000 Syrian pounds per ton for the 2026-2027 season, with a state fund covering the subsidy, as officials pointed to a 2.7-million-ton harvest and a 150,000-ton surplus.
Read More →Syria's state electricity company has signed an agreement with a Chinese manufacturer to supply 6.5 million prepaid smart meters, aiming to cut grid losses and tighten billing. The deal's value and financing were not disclosed.
Read More →Diesel is selling on sidewalks outside Aleppo's stations for as much as 250 Syrian pounds a liter, above the official 175, as a fuel shortage across northern Syria forces rationing of 20 liters per vehicle and pushes drivers to the black market.
Read More →Syria's communications minister said the telecom sector needs about $5 billion to rebuild after 15 years of damage, as Saudi Arabia's stc won the $1 billion Silk Link project and Zain secured a cellular license worth roughly $750 million.
Read More →Investment contracts worth about $1.5 billion are reviving Syria's idle cement plants, lifting annual output from roughly 2.5 million tonnes in 2025 to about 3.7 million tonnes as the state courts Arab and foreign partners for reconstruction.
Read More →Syria's border authority will reopen the rehabilitated Dabbousiya crossing with Lebanon on 9 November 2026, restoring a key route for travelers and cross-border trade after months of reconstruction on its bridge, buildings, and yards.
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Syrian and French officials meeting in Paris agreed to invest about €54 million in funds confiscated from Rifaat al-Assad into development projects inside Syria, and to form a joint committee to oversee them, with proposals to be exchanged within a week.
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A second shipment of heavy machinery from a Saudi contractor reached Syria on 7 November 2026 to launch rehabilitation of the Damascus-Palmyra-Deir ez-Zor highway, part of a tender worth close to $300 million awarded in August 2026.
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