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Published on May 23, 2025

IMF ‘ready to provide Syria with technical assistance’

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday it was ready to provide Syria with technical support after the United States and the European Union announced a lifting of sanctions on the country. “Our staff are preparing to support the international …

Source: Gulf Daily News Online - Pro-Government
Published on May 23, 2025

US will 'quickly' lift sanctions from Syria

US authorities are working to lift sanctions on Syria as quickly as possible, the State Department said on Thursday after President Donald Trump last week ordered the end of all restrictions against Damascus. The US has many sanctions and designations …

Source: The National News - Pro-Government
Published on May 22, 2025

Multiple fires breakout in Syria’s Hama province since January

Five fires have broken out in Syria’s western province of Hama since the beginning of the year, a local official has said. Abdul Aziz Al-Qassem, director general of the General Authority for Forest Management and Development in Hama Governorate, said five …

Source: Middle East Monitor - Indeterminate
Published on May 22, 2025

Syria sees renewed business interest after EU eases sanctions, but UN demands transitional justice

Source: The Geelong Advertiser - Center-right
Published on May 22, 2025

Assad is gone, but Syria’s problems live on

The collapse of the Assad regime opened a rare window of opportunity for Syria: the chance to reconstruct a nation not only with bricks and mortar, but through the introduction of legitimacy, trust and the rule of law. Yet, in the months since, it has …

Source: International Politics and Society - Center-left
Published on May 22, 2025

Turkiye, Israel in talks to set up Syria 'deconfliction mechanism': Report

Source: The Cradle - Left-wing
Published on May 22, 2025

US removal of sanctions would provide boon for cash-starved Syria, and perhaps beyond

On the evening of May 13, Syrians across the battle-scarred country erupted in celebration. After 14 years of disastrous civil war, thousands took to the streets in a rare expression of public jubilation to exult in the surest sign yet that their nation …

Source: The Times of Israel - Right-wing
Published on May 22, 2025

Saudi Arabia a pillar of hope in postwar Syria

As Bangladesh prepares to unveil the national budget for the fiscal year 2025–26, the Ministry of Finance has formally identified eight pressing economic challenges. With the country still revolving from administrative disorder, inflationary shock and …

Source: Bangladesh Post - Pending
Published on May 22, 2025

Turkey says increasing energy exports to Syria

The Turkish minister added that the exports would add "an additional contribution of 1,200 or 1,300 megawatts" to Syria's electricity production [GETTY] Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Thursday in Damascus that his country …

Source: The New Arab - Indeterminate
Published on May 22, 2025

US Billionaire Thomas Barrack set to be Special Envoy to Syria

US Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack (L) shakes hands with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan at an informal NATO meeting in Antalya, on May 15, 2025 [Umit Bektas/Pool/AFP via Getty] US Ambassador to Turkey, Thomas Barrack, is reportedly set to …

Source: The New Arab - Indeterminate