NEWS
Politics
Syria, Armenia discuss enhancing bilateral relations
Speaker of the People’s Assembly Hadiyeh Abbas affirmed on Wednesday the importance of str...
June 22nd, 2017
Khamis: National project for administrative reform a core to build post-war Syria
Prime Minister Imad Khamis affirmed that launching the national project for administrative...
June 22nd, 2017
Economics
Internal Trade Minister inaugurates project, conducts tour in Sweida province
Internal Trade and Consumer Protection Minister Abdullah al-Gharbi inaugurated the develop...
June 19th, 2017
Kuwait continues distributing food parcels to Syrians in Turkey
The Kuwait-based Al-Najat Charitable Society continues to hand out food parcels to Syrian...
June 11th, 2017
Industry
Algeria prepares to resume passenger flights to Syria
The Algerian ambassador in Damascus has revealed that his country is planning to resume pa...
May 14th, 2017
Jordanian Syrian Land Transport Co. resumes work after 2 year pause
The first convoy of trucks run by the Jordanian Syrian Land Transport Co. set off on Thurs...
November 4th, 2016
Markets
DSE session closes at 2914.30 points
Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Wednesday session closed at transactions of 37,212 stoc...
June 19th, 2017
DSE session closes at 2914.30 points
Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) Wednesday session closed at transactions of 37,212 stoc...
June 16th, 2017
ANALYSIS
Politics
Islamic State families fear persecution in Iraq
An Iraqi aid worker calls them a ticking time bomb. Almost 170 families are being held in...
June 8th, 2017
Economics
Syrian refugee artists in Jordan add color to the desert
At the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, Syrian artists are using their paintbrushes to brea...
April 26th, 2017
Industry
Private funding for key start-ups hits $870m in Mena
Private investment funding for key start-ups in the Mena region has been consistently grow...
April 6th, 2017
Markets
Mideast funds more bullish on equities, less on bonds
Middle East fund managers have become more bullish towards equities in the region over the...
August 1st, 2016
ECONOMY
Syria Economic Report April 2017
The United States stepped up its support by the attacks by its Syrian allied in their assault on the city of Raqqa in March 2017. The Pentagon said members of…
RISK
Syria Risk Report April 2017
The primary risk is that the economy will collapse and that Syria will cease to exist as a country either due to the conflict or as a result of any…
FDI
Middle East & North Africa Foreign Direct Investment January 2016
Even by the tumultuous standards of the MENA region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have nearly entirely collapsed due to…
SME
Middle East & North Africa Small & Medium Enterprises January 2016
Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…