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International President Bashar Al-Assad travelled to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on the heels of recent developments in Syria, including the ongoing economic crisis, the regaining of control in Daraa, the situations...
Presidential Elections President Bashar Al-Assad issued Presidential Decree 206/2021 reappointing Hussein Arnous as Prime Minister. The President is constitutionally obliged to name a new government following the start of a new term. Until then,...
Presidential Elections Bashar Al-Assad took the oath of office on July 17th as stipulated for in the Constitution of 2012 and began his fourth presidential term before MPs, Army officers, injured military personnel, the...
Agriculture The Board of Directors of the state-owned Agricultural Cooperative Bank announced that it would stop selling fertilizers to farmers at the subsidized price but rather at the cost price following a proposal by...
Presidential Elections The Supreme Constitutional Court confirmed that three of the 51 registered candidates satisfied the legal conditions for standing in the presidential elections, including the incumbent Bashar Al-Assad, Abdullah Abdullah and Mahmoud Marei,...
Presidential Elections The Speaker of the People’s Assembly formally announced that the 2021 presidential elections will be held on May 26th while expatriate voting is scheduled for May 20th. Nominations had to be submitted...
Conflict On March 15, 2021, Syria not only marked a decade of conflict but of contrition. In 2011, romanticized delusions combined with unenviable audacity flipped a peaceful way of life upside down, aroused the...
Microfinance The People’s Assembly approved the new Microfinance Bill, which was subsequently ratified by President Bashar Al-Assad as Law 8/2021. It replaces previous legislation regulating microfinance institutions provided for in Legislative Decree 15/2007. Microfinance...
Agriculture Citrus fruit production is down to 800,000 tons compared to 1.1 million tons in previous years due to several factors, including weather conditions, while prices rose to SYP 1,000 per kilogram, thereby creating...
Energy The Central Financial Supervisory Agency (CFSA) reportedly detected fraudulent activity concerning a contract between the Syrian Gas Company and a private oil services company to undertake works on gas fields north of Damascus...