Latest economic and financial news about Syria, currency markets, and regional economy updates.
Jordan will admit Syrian businesspeople and investors who hold premium or first-tier membership cards from Syrian chambers of commerce and industry without prior approvals, an Arab chamber official disclosed on 7 May 2026.
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Syria's state petroleum company issued a new pricing bulletin on Thursday, lifting Benzine 95 to $1.15 per liter and the residential gas cylinder to $12.50, with the dollar pegged at 133 new Syrian pounds for fuel transactions.
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Turkish Ambassador Noah Yilmaz inspected Tartous port and the Banias refinery on 7 May 2026, as Turkish firms scout maintenance, shipping and energy investments and Syria emerges as a transit corridor for Gulf-bound goods.
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Tanker convoys carrying Iraqi fuel oil are arriving steadily at Syria's Banias refinery via Tartous, with provincial energy authorities opening new unloading yards to absorb a flow that began on 1 April 2026.
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Syria's Deputy Energy Minister Ghiath Diyab held video talks with Jordanian and Lebanese counterparts to advance a draft agreement on gas supplies and a tri-nation electricity grid interconnection.
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Syrian Transport Minister Yarub Badr met a Turkish State Railways delegation in Damascus on 6 May 2026 to advance a rail corridor running from Turkey through Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia to the Gulf, citing supply-chain risks at the Strait of Hormuz.
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Industrial committees in Aleppo say new electricity bills are arriving in the millions of Syrian pounds, after the 30 October tariff set the third tier at 1,700 SYP per kilowatt-hour for factories needing round-the-clock supply.
Read More →Finance Minister Muhammad Yasir Burnia issued the executive instructions for Decree 70 of 2026 on May 6, opening interest waivers and rescheduling for state-bank borrowers in default, with loans above 100 million Syrian pounds covered under specified conditions.
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Syria's Education Ministry says it has reopened 2,236 schools across Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor and Hasaka, integrated 38,000 teachers onto state payrolls, and brought more than 500,000 students back to classrooms in roughly 100 days.
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Emirati developer Eagle Hills is studying two Syrian urban projects worth more than US$50 billion, including a 33-million-square-meter Damascus master plan and a 15-million-square-meter coastal site at Latakia, disclosed at the first Syrian-Emirati business forum.
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