Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
The Agricultural Bank has begun disbursing wheat payments to farmers, with a first payment capped at 100 million pounds per grower and the balance paid over three to four monthly installments. This week's batch covers crops delivered between June 1 and 10, 2026.
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The Central Bank of Syria set out how holders of old banknotes can reclaim their value after the notes lose legal tender on 30 July 2026. Withdrawals run for five years, exclusively in Damascus, with no fees and a minimum of 100 notes per request.
Read More →Turkish exports to Syria reached $1.28 billion in the first half of 2026, up 26.4 percent year over year, led by milled goods, cement, and energy equipment.
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Syria's finance minister met a concluding International Monetary Fund consultation mission on 26 July 2026, reviewing recovery indicators, the 2027 budget, banking reforms and a planned issuance of sovereign sukuk, with the mission noting improved economic performance.
Read More →Iraq's cabinet authorized signing a memorandum with Syria's Energy Ministry to build a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude to the Mediterranean, reviving the Kirkuk-Banias route.
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A customs decision imposes a fine of three times the duty on the damaged portion of imported goods and lets them into the market rather than returning them, raising concern that the cost will land on consumers.
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Jordan's Interior Ministry will let spouses and children under 18 of Syrian investors holding top-tier chamber cards enter without prior approval, days after the Irbid and Rif Dimashq chambers signed a twinning deal.
Read More →A pricing bulletin effective at midnight on 24 July 2026 set octane-95 gasoline at 149 Syrian pounds a liter and diesel at 121, another increase for fuel in under a month, while cooking gas edged lower.
Read More →With seven days left before old Syrian pound (SYP) notes leave circulation at the end of July 2026, a shortage of small-denomination notes is disrupting daily transactions and fueling expectations that the central bank may extend the deadline.
Read More →Three tankers loaded Iraqi-origin fuel oil at Syria's Baniyas port between June and July 2026, the first US fuel oil imports routed through Syria on record, as Iraq shifts exports away from the Strait of Hormuz.
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