Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Russia will begin operating a commercial logistics hub at Syria's Tartous port in mid-July 2026, starting with a 30,000-ton grain shipment and aiming for about 250,000 tons a month, with plans to re-export cargo to Iraq, Jordan and Gulf states.
Read More →President Donald Trump has told Congress he intends to remove Syria from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism, opening a 45-day review before the change takes effect and potentially easing a major barrier to Syria's access to global finance.
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Syria's ports and customs authority signed a long-term partnership on 7 July 2026 with shipping group CMA CGM to develop the Latakia container terminal, dry ports in Damascus and Aleppo, and a logistics zone at the Naseeb crossing.
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Syria's central bank said on 7 July 2026 it had reactivated its relationship with Banque de France by reopening its account there, part of a push to restore ties with major central banks and ease Syrian lenders' access abroad.
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The Syrian Sovereign Fund and Investment Authority signed a memorandum with Saudi Arabia's Al-Muhaidib Group on 8 July 2026 to develop dairy and cattle-breeding projects and restart two of the country's largest milk factories idled during the war.
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Syria's Finance Ministry has established a Macro Fiscal Policy Unit in technical cooperation with the International Monetary Fund, tasking it with building a medium-term fiscal framework to guide the 2027 state budget and strengthen public financial management.
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Syria and France signed a package of strategic agreements on 7 July 2026 covering maritime and air transport, civil aviation, central banking, health and water, marking a broad reopening of economic ties between the two states.
Read More →Pensioners in Syria are receiving a 30 percent increase under a 2026 legislative decree, and the state Commercial Bank of Syria has raised its daily ATM withdrawal ceiling to help retirees collect the higher payments and ease crowding at cash machines.
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French energy major TotalEnergies will help extend and connect an oil pipeline carrying Iraqi crude to Syria's Mediterranean port of Banias, the energy minister said, as Damascus and Paris signed a package of strategic cooperation deals on 7 July 2026.
Read More →An international climate fund approved $27.7 million (USD) for Syria's first national project, aimed at easing water scarcity in the regions hit hardest by climate change, in a decision taken on 3 July 2026.
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