The Iranian Trade Promotion Organization said that Syria and Iran are establishing a joint bank to facilitate trade, according to Athr Press.
There are Iranian efforts to increase Tehran’s economic influence in Syria, including through the creation of a “Dahieh” in Damascus, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The Syrian Foreign Minister will be in Iran for two days to discuss bilateral relations, according to North Press.
Turkey on Thursday bashed statements issued by the Syrian parliament that called to “take” the southern Hatay province, according to the Daily Sabah.
Although EU countries have refused to recognize the legitimacy of Bashar al-Assad’s regime since the beginning of the Syrian revolution, this consensus is being challenged, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Syria has called for close cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in order to rebuild the industrial sector after the war, according to SANA.
As the Russian rapprochement with Israel gets more and more apparent, the influence of Iran in Syria is undermined, according to al-Hal Net.
The Iranian Trade Center was opened on Tuesday in the Free Zones in Damascus in order to improve economic relations between Syria and Iran, according to SANA.
Syrian Minister of Petroleum Bassam Tohme discussed with his Iranian counterpart Seyed Reza Fatemi Amin cooperation in the fields of oil, gas, and mineral resources, SANA writes.
The UN Envoy to Syria is working towards a seventh meeting of the Constitutional Committee in Geneva, according to al-Souria Net.
During a basketball match in Kazakhstan, opposing the Syrian team to the Kazakh one, the Iranian anthem was played instead of that of Syria, according to al-Watan.
Through its secretary-general, the SOC welcomed the designation by Australia of the Lebanese Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization, according to the SOC Media department.
Four people were killed by an Israeli strike on central Syria, including two civilians, al-Araby al-Jadeed reports.
Cooperation with the regime in Syria will not necessarily lead to its moderation, Hazem Saghieh writes in an op-ed in Asharq al-Awsat.
Russia has planned to destabilize the northern and eastern parts of Syria in order to expand its influence there, according to al-Hal Net.
Russia successfully pressured Iran to withdraw from the T4 airbase in central Homs, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
As the UAE bets on normalization with Assad to diminish Iranian influence in Syria, it remains unclear whether this strategy will work, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
The deputy head of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce regretted that while Turkey controls 30% of the Syrian economy, his country only accounts for 3% of trade, according to Baladi News.
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Iranian militias emptied the T4 military airport in eastern Homs and transported its equipment to another one in the south of the governorate, according to Baladi News.
