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
“Guards are very strict on smuggling cigarettes into the Yarmouk basin and have recruited females to inspect women for this purpose”
Syria’s Central Bank forcing Damascus currency exchangers to buy up to one million dollars while traders fear possible drop in dollar exchange rate
Construction industry affected by jump in prices after government announces massive increase in fuel costs
The work of charitable associations which targeted poverty and those in need prior to 2011 has expanded to include migrants and wounded and families of martyrs
Salma al-Masri, Nadia Khost and Mohammad Hassan Qeja declared winners of the annual award for distinguished creatives
CBS governor says further intervention measures are yet to be applied to stabilize the exchange rate without paralyzing economic activity
Rising prices and lower incomes mean Syrian families are struggling to find the average 8,000 pounds a day to pay for meals during the holy month of Ramadan
Al-Souria investigates Hezbollah’s alleged drug trafficking ring in Damascus
