The increase in the price of electricity in Syria will lead to cost-push inflation and send the economy into a deep recession, al-Modon says.
At least 84 civilians, including 22 children and 4 women, were killed in October as a result of the Syrian conflict, mostly at the hand of the regime, Zaman al-Wasl reports.
Citizens in Syria are complaining of the sharp increase in prices, worrying that the recent rise in energy prices might lead to even more inflation, according to al-Watan.
The cabinet of the Syrian regime has launched a project in Eastern Ghouta to address climate change and water shortages, in collaboration with UN organizations, according to Enab Baladi.
Low levels of registration are hampering the vaccination campaign in Syria, where COVID is wreaking havoc, according to al-Watan.
UNHCR chief, Filippo Grandi, has come under heavy criticism after he suggested that the international community should work with the regime to ensure the return of refugees, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The opening of a ‘floating island’, off the coast of Lattakia, with onerous luxurious resorts and touristic places was just announced, according to al-Hal.
COVID-19 is violently hitting all areas of Syria, regardless of political and military barriers, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in Northwestern Syria, as 12 patients died and 1,270 news infections were recorded in 24 hours, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
The cost of accommodation in some private hospitals in Damascus reached seven million Syrian pounds per night for COVID-19 patients, Sowt al-Asima reports.
During the first half of 2021, Syria issued 2,000 precautionary seizure decisions, worth more than 5.5 billion SYP, according to B2B.
An official from the Ministry of Health explained that the surge in COVID-19 cases in Syria can be explained by the increased testing capacities of the health sector, according to the Baath Newspaper.
Despite poor services, telecommunication companies in regime-held Syria have raised their fees by up to 100%, according to al-Souria Net.
An official from the Ministry of Health has confirmed that the occupancy rate of Covid-19 ICU beds in Damascus has reached 100%, according to al-Baath Newspaper.
The Islamic State claimed an attack on a natural gas pipeline near the Syrian capital, that led to power outages in the city and its surroundings, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The official pricing of carpets in Syria puts the meter at one month’s salary for an employee of the Assad regime’s institutions, according to Syrian News Agency.
The refugees arrested near the Syrian embassy in Beirut won’t be expelled, after the decision to expel them caused an international outcry, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The Petroleum and Energy Ministers of Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon met on Wednesday in the Jordanian capital Amman, to discuss the transfer of Egyptian gas to Lebanon, according to SANA.
The Co-chair of Idleb Civil Council in northeast Syria said that the world is too preoccupied with Afghanistan to devote attention to events in Syria, according to North Press.
Asma al-Assad visited 9 years old Murtada Kinar after a complicated transplant procedure of blood stem cells, the Syria Times writes.
