Finance Governor Hazem Qarfoul of the Central Bank agreed with his Iranian counterpart to set up a joint Syrian-Iranian banking committee in anticipation of incorporating a joint bank between the two countries. The Damascus...
Commerce Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved a proposal by the Crimean authorities to formalize economic relations with Syria in order to facilitate cross-border trade between Russia and Syria given the shorter maritime distance...
Real Estate Construction works began on Delta Tower, the first real estate development project in Marota City to receive a building permit. The Governorate of Damascus is planning to streamline its licensing procedures with...
Corporate A special committee has been formed to rewrite provisions of the Companies Law to encourage local and foreign investments in the reconstruction phase. The Syrian Companies Law is already one of the most...
Petroleum According to the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Ghanem, Syria could start extracting commercial quantities of offshore natural gas by 2023 after exploration activities in the Mediterranean Sea began last October...
Diplomacy President Bashar Al-Assad accepted the credentials of the Brazilian and Indian ambassadors to Syria. With these recent appointments, officially all member states of the BRICS countries now have ambassadors in Syria. The Baghdad...
Finance The Damascus Securities Exchange launched its first ever stock market index DLX to measure the performance of its five leading companies, which are Al-Aqeelah Takaful Insurance Co., Al-Baraka Bank – Syria, Cham Bank,...
Reconstruction The British Syrian Society held a two-day conference in Damascus entitled What Comes Next After the War? involving citizens, Prime Minister Imad Khamis, government ministers, public officials and experts to discuss post-war reconstruction,...
International Trade A delegation of Syrian businesspersons visited the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to further develop UAE-Syrian economic relations. They set off on a tour of sites in Abu Dhabi and...
International The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus after a hiatus of six years in an effort to develop bilateral diplomatic and economic relations with Syria. The reopening of the embassy was...