Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Syria's Finance Ministry and the General Authority for Taxes and Fees launched a plan on 2 November 2026 to systematically close years of backlogged tax files, standardize audits, and prepare taxpayers for a new tax system.
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Syria's Ministry of Local Administration and Environment signed a $2 million memorandum on 2 November 2026 with a US-funded contractor to digitize real estate records across five governorates over roughly six months.
Read More →Pension payments for November 2026 will run from 4 to 22 November through post offices in every governorate, alongside the resumption of pensions for retirees whose benefits had been suspended for security reasons before December 2024.
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An international exhibition for construction, building and energy opened in Damascus on 2 November 2026 with about 150 companies from 12 countries, as the government seeks foreign financing and expertise to rebuild schools, clinics and infrastructure.
Read More →A presidential decision extends the official workday at Syria's administrative public bodies to 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. starting 1 December 2026, adding an hour that employees say erodes the real value of already-low wages.
Read More →Syria's chambers of commerce say Iraq has agreed to ease entry visas for merchants in the top three categories, with eligibility based on recommendation letters issued by the chambers, in a move aimed at expanding bilateral trade.
Read More →Syria launched a roughly $1 million project on 1 November 2026 to digitize its national company registry, backed by the US Department of State and targeting some 500,000 companies and investors, alongside a parallel US plan to digitize 500,000 land records.
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Syria's anti-money-laundering authority says a mutual evaluation of its financial system begins in mid-2027, a preliminary step toward exiting the international gray list, after its first participation in global financial-oversight meetings in more than 15 years.
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Syria's central bank governor held his first official round of meetings with European and international lenders in Paris on 31 October 2026, seeking to rebuild correspondent banking and trade-finance links severed for years.
Read More →Electricity rationing across Damascus and its countryside now reaches up to 10 hours a day in some areas, with the state utility citing reduced generation and a shortage of imported gas.
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