Assad Passes 2017 State Budget at SYP 2.6 Trillion
SANA (state news agency)
December 5, 2016
Syrian president issues law setting the 2017 state budget at 2.6 trillion Syrian pounds
Syrian president issues law setting the 2017 state budget at 2.6 trillion Syrian pounds
Around 150,000 residents in regime-held districts of Deir-ez-Zor are living in prison-like conditions as they face siege by the Islamic State group, while those who are able to flee from the regime’s hell remain uncertain they will escape execution at the hands of ISIS members
Lawmakers sign draft law on new state budget for the upcoming fiscal year
During its time in control of Deir-ez-Zor, ISIS has tried to manage internet cafes by controlling their work and recording users’ details, but users like traders and exchangers have remained largely outside the control of the group’s monitoring bodies
Around 19,000 infants are estimated to require baby milk in Eastern Ghouta, while the monthly cost of milk often reaches up to 39,000 Syrian pounds ($180), which is more than half of most residents’ income.
New report claims Syria witnessed a loss equal to 212 percent of gross domestic product for the year 2015 alone
“Sometimes I bring my medicine from Lebanon because the Syrian medicine is not effective according to my doctor, as the private medical factories put only small amounts of the effective component in drugs”
“I try as much as I can to organize our money, so that we often go without a meal to reduce our daily spending. My children also share clothes, which they trade between them”
Experts expect this year’s olive harvest to witness a shortfall by up to 900,000 tons, over half of last year’s entire crop
Pharmacist says chemists are exploiting the lack of medicine in the capital to raise prices, sometimes increasing costs by twice the actual price
Sharia court has informed people about the risk of marrying their daughters to Egyptians and the families of young men of marrying Egyptian women
Judge Ghazi Badir al-Salah appointed to serve as head of Syria’s first terrorism court
“This means that an Eid lunch for a family will take up half the salary of a first-level newly-appointed state employee”
Rates for substitute teachers per hourly wage is not enough to buy a falafel sandwich daily, according to educators
Successive declines in the Syrian exchange rate continued on the informal “black” market to reach 520 Syrian pounds to the dollar
“I started my mini project in growing hens to benefit from their eggs and meat to feed my family and cover some basic expenses”
Opposition says new move forcing loyalists to join paramilitary units is proof regime is unable to sustain itself due to heavy losses it has taken from Syrian resistance
Three cases of kidnapping reported in recent days as locals fear pro-regime security targeting members of wealthy families
Locals claim fuel in decline and prices increase after opposition factions capture the industrial district of Ramouseh on Saturday
Regime media claims reason for fall in productivity due to difficulties in securing the necessary basic materials for production and maintenance
