Syria Seals Landmark Offshore Energy MoU with U.S. and Qatari Firms
AL-MODON
February 5, 2026
The signing ceremony drew notable international attention, including the presence of U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barak.
The signing ceremony drew notable international attention, including the presence of U.S. Envoy to Syria Tom Barak.
Roughly 1,100 schools across Idlib city, its countryside, and parts of Aleppo have closed their doors, Ultra Syria writes.
Taken together, the Lattakia circular and similar measures suggest more than isolated incidents, Syria TV writes.
Between 2016 and the fall of the former regime in late 2024, allegations of corruption within Aleppo’s city council deepened the problem, as oversight weakened and enforcement faltered.
The newly formed council comprises 35 members, including religious, social, and cultural figures. It will operate for an initial six-month trial period, subject to extension, under the authority of the President of the Islamic Ulama Council.
Al-Masdar reports that the announcement quickly moved beyond local news, raising broader legal questions: Does a municipal council have the authority to impose hiring conditions on private businesses?
Syria’s property laws form a maze of more than 200 overlapping and often contradictory statutes, Daraj writes.
Syria must entrench eight essential pillars to attract domestic and foreign investment, according to Osama Al-Qadi in Al-Thawra.
An official Ministry statement described the move as a practical expression of the national orientation toward promoting equal citizenship and safeguarding the cultural and linguistic rights of Kurdish citizens as an integral component of Syrian society.
Amid the Ministry of Energy’s silence and evasive responses, calls for public protest are growing, al-Hal writes.
Debate has intensified in recent weeks across Syrian society and media over what many describe as a “severe shortage” of the newly issued Syrian pound.
The sociologist Siham Marwan offers a sobering interpretation: many communities still view women’s work as a temporary response to crisis rather than a long-term professional path, 963 writes.
The Ministry of Higher Education cannot afford to be a passive observer, Zaman al-Wasl writes.
The Central Bank of Syria denied, on Thursday, the existence of counterfeit notes of the new Syrian currency, following rumors circulated on social media platforms.
Fatima Al-Mohammad, who works in a local hospital, warned that these heating methods pose serious health hazards
The seizure order confirms that Nizam’s network extends beyond business partners to include his immediate family.
The recycling scheme turns the remnants of destroyed buildings into construction materials, according to al-Modon.
The Syrian revolution exposed longstanding dysfunctions within the rural economy, Taleb Al-Daghim writes in Syria TV.
Turkish exports to Syria rose to $2.6 billion in 2025, Enab Baladi writes.
The Syrian Petroleum Company’s headquarters has received representatives of more than ninety foreign and Arab companies expressing interest in returning to Syria or entering the market, al-Thawra reports.
