Syria’s Fuel Crisis Reveals a Corrupt Assad Regime
The fuel crisis currently gripping Syria is not the first in the era of the Assad regime and has led to the weakening of the middle class and the desperation of the poor reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The fuel crisis currently gripping Syria is not the first in the era of the Assad regime and has led to the weakening of the middle class and the desperation of the poor reports Al-Araby al-Jadeed.
A new plan by the government, which is set for 2019-2020, hope to revitalize efforts to improve the income of agricultural producers and revive manufacturing industries reports Al-Watan.
Following the announcement by US President Donald Trump concerning the Syrian Golan, a group of expatriates have protested in front of the UN headquarters in New York writes SANA.
Arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances have been a common tool of the intelligence services to spread terror and fear among the general public writes The Syrian Network for Human Rights.
Dozens of journalists have been tortured to death by the Syrian regime while the fate of hundreds of others remains unknown, Al-Modon says
A new decision by the Central Bank of Syria is set to make it easier for foreigners to deposit funds into Syrian banks and secure foreign and local currencies at border crossing points reports SANA.
Major Hossam Azar from the anti-drug department, blamed the spread of drugs on terrorist groups, who use the profits to fund their activities writes Al-Watan.
Since the Nasib Border Crossing between Syria and Jordan reopened, a steady stream of displaced Syrians have used the crossing to return reports SANA.
The returning Kosovan citizens, some of whom are foreign fighters, but mainly women and children, have described their time in Syria negatively reports Asharq al-Awsat.
At the 5th Yalta International Economic Conference, Crimea and Syria have discussed strengthening ties between the two countries and establishing a joint commercial house writes SANA.
Despite the long queue building up outside gas stations, the regime is continuing to downplay the effect that gas crisis is having on people reports Al-Modon.
The industrial sector in the province of Hama is witnessing a recovery, with the reopening of old facilities and the licensing of new facilities writes SANA.
The prospect of the return of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has raised many questions about the relationship between the regime and the UN and how aid will be used writes Al-Modon.
While the cost of daily goods has skyrocketed, wages in Syria have not changed, leaving many families struggling to make ends meet reports Asharq al-Awsat.
The regime has been warned that, if it lifts the subsidies on gasoline, then the cost of living, which is already too high for many, will rise further reports Al-Iqtissadi.
Much of the loss has been caused by their inability to operate, as well as attacks on facilities and the theft of machinery reports Damas Post.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, has likened the situation in Venezuela, to what happened in Syria and accused the US of trying to destabilize the country writes The Syria Times.
The al-Omar and al-Tank oil fields are pumping up huge amounts of oil on a daily basis, which is then sold or smuggled across the country writes The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The team responsible for the excavation of mass graves in Raqqa lack much of the necessary equipment and expertise needed for this difficult task writes Hurriya Press.
The National Fund for Social Assistance hopes to secure a large number of public sector jobs for those who have completed their military service writes Al-Watan.
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