Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
The Syrian government began supplying diesel to Hasakah province on 14 June 2026 after protests over fuel shortages, delivering about one million liters of subsidized fuel to sustain the grain harvest as pump prices diverged between supply sources.
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A delegation from the International Monetary Fund met Syria's finance minister to discuss modernizing the country's tax and customs systems, as the Syrian pound weakened about 4 percent against the dollar over the past week.
Read More →Syria has asked Qatar to extend for two years a grant that funds Azerbaijani gas deliveries, and to raise volumes, after the program helped supply power to about 5 million people.
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A June 9, 2026 summit in Gaziantep set targets to lift Syria-Turkey trade past $5 billion and revive rail and customs crossings, as officials cast the relationship as strategic economic integration.
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A gas line linking Turkey to Aleppo has entered service, while Damascus and Baghdad weigh reactivating the Kirkuk-Banias oil pipeline at up to 2.5 million barrels. Both anchor a 'Four Seas' plan to cast Syria as an energy and transit corridor between Asia and Europe.
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A Saudi investment group and Syria's civil aviation authority completed an on-site inspection at Aleppo International Airport, moving a long-planned modernization toward its implementation phase.
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The Central Bank of Syria says citizens keep the right to exchange old banknotes for five years after the 30 July deadline for swaps through banks and exchange firms, as the pound trades near 14,600 to the dollar.
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A delegation from the Islamic Development Bank met Syria's transport minister to assess roughly 10,000 kilometers of primary roads and study five strategic corridors spanning some 1,500 kilometers.
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Syria's state holding company has launched the New Damascus Icon and its Damascus Financial Center, a six-tower complex in the capital's Baramkeh district expected to create 15,000 jobs.
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Syria's transport ministry earmarked about $15 million to rehabilitate roads and bridges across Raqqa province in 2026, while opening talks with the Saudi Development Fund for a concessional loan to build two new bridges linking Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor.
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