Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Syria's finance minister met Citigroup, the Arab Monetary Fund and World Bank officials at the 2026 IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok to discuss credit lines for government imports, a future bond market and faster access to Arab payment systems.
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On the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Bangkok, Syria's finance minister reviewed $493 million in existing World Bank grants on 12 October 2026 and pressed to expand financing for reconstruction.
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A 16,000-tonne diesel tanker began unloading at the Baniyas depots on 12 October 2026, with fuel set to reach all governorates at 150 Syrian pounds per liter as a second tanker waits offshore.
Read More →President Ahmad al-Sharaa issued Decree No. 188 of 2026, amending items of Syria's harmonized customs tariff and changing their descriptions, codes, duty rates and applicable conditions. The measure takes effect from its issuance on 12 October 2026.
Read More →Diesel disappeared from most stations in Aleppo and Idlib on 12 October 2026 as deliveries stalled, with one station owner saying he paid about 2.1 billion Syrian pounds for 110,000 liters that never arrived. The energy minister ordered an investigation.
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The Central Bank of Syria says it has completed the country’s first documentary credit transaction in 14 years to finance petroleum imports from Saudi Aramco, in coordination with a major U.S. bank.
Read More →The share of food-secure households in Syria rose to 17.4 percent in 2025 from 10.3 percent a year earlier, but about 31 percent remained food insecure and the poorest families spent 73 percent of their budgets on food.
Read More →The Oil Ministry has opened a field investigation into a gasoline fault linked to the state petroleum company's system, after reports of breakdowns in private and public-sector vehicles, with oversight teams monitoring stations across the governorates.
Read More →Syria's central bank has published an official register of 39 licensed currency exchange firms and 10 domestic money-transfer companies, two days after warning 755 unlicensed operators across 10 provinces.
Read More →The Finance Ministry said no new national taxes have been imposed, tracing viral claims to a local licensing decision in Azaz, and said a new tax system will take effect at the start of 2027.
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