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THE SYRIAN OBSERVER
August 16, 2023
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The UK stated that this action was taken on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, according to al-Souria Net.
Adele Khader appreciated Syria’s support in facilitating the organization’s activities, according to SANA.
Syrian regime-controlled areas are witnessing an economic crisis that increases day by day, according to Syria TV,
Alena Douhan has called for the lifting of unilateral coercive measures imposed on Syria, according to SANA.
Rather than being acts of good faith, the amnesties were instead small acts of mercy, according to Zaman al-Wasl.
Alena Douhan is due to visit the war-torn country from October 30th to November 10th, according to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
This year many farmers are struggling to make ends meet, according to Athr Press.
Joseph Daher says the Syrian government’s main concern seems to be the manipulation of the national curriculum, in an op-ed to al-Araby al-Jadeed.
Fares Shebahi said he could not understand why there was no official Syrian action in this regard, according to Asharq al-Awsat.
The government announced the price of subsidized gasoline was raised for the fifth time in less than two years, according to Athr Press.
The loans target entrepreneurs in the industrial, commercial, service, tourism, educational and agricultural sectors, according to Athr Press.
Syria and UN organizations signed the strategic framework document for the years 2022 and 2024, according to SANA.
Dealers in Deir-ez-Zor, east Syria, expressed their hope that the U.S. decision to allow companies to invest in northeast Syria will improve the economic situation, according to North Press.
Ammar Youssef expected the poverty rate to exceed 90 percent in Syria, according to Shaam Network.
The grant by the Syrian regime can barely buy 1.5 kilos of meat in crisis-hit Damascus.
After the Syrian government decided to remove subsidies on parts of the population, traders found themselves much poorer, according to al-Hal.
The Assad regime claimed that energy shortages were the result of sanctions, extending the leave of public servants due to the absence of heating, according to the Shaam News Agency.
The Syrian PM has clarified that only the most affluent people in Syria will lose access to state subsidies, claiming that the crisis is a result of sanctions, according to al-Watan.
The minister of tourism has announced a plan to develop tourism in Syria through investments that can create jobs, according to SANA.
