DAMASCUS, Syria — DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Rebuilding Syria after over a decade of civil war is expected to cost about $216 billion, the World Bank said in an assessment published Tuesday. The cost is …
President al-Sharaa discusses investment in Syria with senior Saudi banking officials
President Ahmad al-Sharaa held a meeting with Mazin Abdulrazzak Al-Rumaih, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Saudi-French Bank (BSF), and Abdulmalek …
Special Courts to Tackle Unlawful Real Estate Seizures During the Syrian revolution
The Ministry of Justice has issued a decision assigning the Second Civil Courts of First Instance in the centers of judicial districts to adjudicate disputes …
Syria’s Sharaa meets with Saudi foreign minister in run-up to key investment conference
Ahmed Al-Sharaa has arrived in Saudi Arabia to take part in an investment conference considered crucial to Syria’s economic recovery …
Syria’s Al Shara to attend Riyadh investment summit in push to return to global scene
Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara will attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh this week, in the latest push to return Syria to the global scene as he seeks financial backing …
Syria Builds Strategic Ties with IMF and World Bank, Minister Says
Finance Minister Mohamed Yisr Barnieh said that Syria had made strategic shift in relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, …
Israel pushes further into Syria
Israel has expanded its illegal occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights, seizing parts of the UN-monitored buffer zone in breach of a 1974 agreement with Damascus. Since December 2024, it has pushed …
Afrin lawmakers push for property restitution amid ongoing olive crops looting
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Three newly elected members of Syria’s People’s Assembly have confirmed to Rudaw they have reached an agreement with the Damascus leadership to expedite the return of …
Lebanon fears Syria land law will hinder refugee returns
Lebanon’s top diplomat warned Saturday that a recent Syrian property law could dispossess hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees from their land back home, leaving them permanently displaced in …
Iraq keeping a small contingent of US military advisers due to IS threat in Syria
Iraq’s prime minister said Monday that a small contingent of U.S. military advisers will remain in the country for now to coordinate with U.S. forces in Syria combating the Islamic State group.