Syria News News Syria » Economy: Syria taken off US terror blacklist after 47 years, paving way for investment
Syria is no longer designated a state sponsor of terrorism by the United States – a move that opens the door to American investment in the country, whose economy has been decimated by decades of ...
News Syria » Economy: Why is Saudi Arabia investing billions in Syria’s economy?
DAMASCUS - In recent weeks, reports of extensive Saudi investments, potentially the largest in over a decade, may indicate a transformation of Syria’s economic landscape. This move reflects a clear ...
News Syria » Economy: Syrians optimistic but cautious as sanctions removal revives economic hopes
US decision to delist Syria as a ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ prompts cautious optimism among businesses and citizens.
News Syria » Economy: Lebanon, Syria to Reset Trade Ties, Economy Minister Tells Reuters
Lebanon and Syria will in the coming months begin revising decades-old trade agreements to revive their economic relationship following the ouster of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in 2024, Lebanon ...
News Syria » Economy: Syria, IMF discuss boosting cooperation to support economic recovery
Syrian Finance Minister, Mohammad Yisr Barnieh, met on Monday with a mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is ...
News Syria » Economy: Syria will be ‘gone’ if economy rebuilding falters, top officials say
After 13 years of civil war and six decades of dictatorship, Syrian officials tasked with restarting an economy that has resembled Cuba’s or North Korea’s insist that they need to build new ...
News Syria » Economy: Syria is secretly reshaping its economy. The president’s brother is in charge.
DAMASCUS - In the weeks after Damascus fell to Syria’s rebels, a leading businessman got a late-night call to come see “the sheikh.” The address was familiar, a building where periodic shakedowns of ...
News Syria » Economy: Syria reports 448% increase in foreign tourist arrivals in first half of 2026
Syria recorded a 111% increase in visitor arrivals during the first half of 2026, with 3.52 million visitors arriving in the country compared with 1.67 million during the same period in 2025, ...
News Syria » Economy: Who Else Benefits From Syria’s Postwar Recovery
During more than a decade of war in Syria, plenty of external powers got involved. The hope now for the country’s shattered economy is that at least some of them will want a stake in its recovery, too ...
News Syria » Economy: Al-Shaibani’s Kuwait visit opens a new path for Syrian-Kuwaiti economic partnership
Economic experts say that the visit by Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani to Kuwait marks an ...