BMW is returning to the Syrian market after years of absence. BMW Group Middle East has appointed Citadel Premium Motors as the official importer of BMW and MINI vehicles in Syria. The new entity is a joint venture between Habib DJaroueh LLC, Abu Khader Group and Alfardan International. Read more: syria-report.com/bmw-returns…

What is the current state of industrial activity in Homs, and what challenges are businesses facing? In our latest Q&A, Salem Al-Loush, General Manager of the Homs Chamber of Industry, discusses the governorate’s industrial sector and the main challenges affecting businesses since the fall of the regime. Read more: syria-report.com/qa-general-…

Between January 2025 and mid-September 2026, Syria’s Ministry of Defence made public 92 official engagements with foreign counterparts. Around a third involved Turkish military delegations. Our latest analysis breaks down the official visits, meetings, phone calls and joint actions disclosed by the ministry during this period. Read more: syria-report.com/analysis-br…

Three major telecommunications projects could reshape Syria’s internet infrastructure. The Ebla submarine cable would provide a new international connection through Cyprus, SilkLink would carry data across a national fibre backbone, while BarqNet would expand fibre and wireless access to homes, businesses and institutions. Read more: syria-report.com/new-submari…

More than 5.2 million children have entered schools across Syria this academic year, up from 4.13 million in 2025, according to the Ministry of Education. Read more: syria-report.com/syria-begin…

Syria’s diplomatic opening has created new opportunities for investment, but the sustainability of this opening may depend on whether investment translates into improved livelihoods and greater economic security for Syrians. Read more: syria-report.com/guest-analy…

Iraqi fuel exports through Syria to the Mediterranean have increased steadily since March, offering Baghdad an alternative route to international markets amid disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Read more: syria-report.com/iraqi-fuel-…

Syria’s fuel price hike has triggered the country’s largest wave of popular protests since the fall of the former regime in December 2024, with demonstrations, road blockades and strikes spreading across several governorates. Read more: syria-report.com/fuel-price-…

UAE-based developer Arada has signed a USD 7 billion agreement with the Syrian Sovereign Fund for the “New Damascus” project—the largest real estate development deal in post-Assad Syria to date. Key details on ownership, financing and the partnership remain unclear. Read more: syria-report.com/uae-real-es…

Idlib-based White Room Holding Group and Chinese firm Zhongh have announced a USD 500 million investment to establish five construction-related factories in Hessia Industrial City in Homs Governorate. Read more: syria-report.com/idlib-based…

The US removed Syria from its State Sponsor of Terrorism list on August 24, ending a 47-year designation. Here's what changes. Read more: syria-report.com/explainer-e… Written by: @Amesegura

Syria’s construction sector is attracting major industrial investments, including a USD 65 million steel plant upgrade, a USD 250 million clinker production line and USD 500 million for five construction-related factories in Hessia Industrial City. Read more: syria-report.com/analysis-th…

Saudi and Turkish companies have signed three agreements and MoUs at the 63rd Damascus International Fair to invest in Syria’s industrial sector, including rehabilitating the Hama steel plant, building a clinker production line in Aleppo and expanding Bab Al-Hawa Industrial City in Idlib. Read more:syria-report.com/saudi-and-t…

Some stories don't fit into a news cycle. Housing, land and property rights in Syria deserve sustained attention. That’s why we’re launching Green Tabu, Syria’s first quarterly HLP journal. Named after the green title deed commonly known in Syria as the “Green Tabu,” the journal builds on The Syria Report’s longstanding HLP coverage, bringing together analysis, field reporting, expert interviews, policy briefs, and legal documentation. The first issue is now available in English and Arabic, featuring reporting from across Syria, in-depth analysis of property and urban planning issues, and policy options for protecting property rights. Read the first issue: hlp.syria-report.com/hlp/int… بعض القصص لا تتسع لها دورة خبرية واحدة. تستحق قضايا حقوق السكن والأراضي والملكية في سوريا اهتماماً مستمراً. لهذا نطلق "طابو أخضر"، أول مجلة سورية فصلية متخصصة بحقوق السكن والأراضي والملكية. وجاء اسم المجلة من لون الوثيقة؛ فالطابو هو الاسم الشائع في سوريا لسند الملكية الرسمي. وامتداداً لتغطيةThe Syria Report الطويلة لقضايا السكن والأراضي والملكية، تجمع المجلة بين التحليلات، والتغطيات الميدانية، والمقابلات مع الخبراء، وملخصات السياسات، وتوثيق النصوص القانونية والبيانات. صدر الآن العدد الأول من "طابو أخضر" باللغتين العربية والإنكليزية، ويتضمن تغطيات ميدانية من مختلف أنحاء سوريا، وتحليلات معمّقة حول قضايا الملكية والتخطيط العمراني، إلى جانب أوراق في خيارات السياسات حول حماية حقوق الملكية. اقرأ العدد الأول هنا: hlp.syria-report.com/حقوق-السكن-والأراضي-والممتلكات/طابو-أخضر/مجلة-فصلية-حول-حقوق-السكن-والأرض-والمل/

Throughout this year, The Syria Report will publish a monthly analysis of key economic and political developments affecting Syria. This series of papers is published in partnership with, and with the financial support of, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. 📄 SDF Dissolution Strengthens Government Standing, Leaves Suweida as Last Unresolved “Domestic Issue” SDF commander Mazloum Abdi announced from Damascus on August 25 the dissolution of the Kurdish-led force. Abdi becomes a presidential advisor while Ilham Ahmed is expected to join the People's Assembly. Damascus is turning its attention south, to Suweida, the last governorate outside direct state control. All this unfolds alongside fragile, U.S.-brokered Syria-Israel talks following the August 18 strike on Abu al-Duhur Airbase. 👉 Read the full report here: kas.de/en/web/libanon/single…

The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research issued a series of decisions in July establishing dozens of new postgraduate programmes and faculties at private universities across Syria, ahead of the new academic year. Read more: syria-report.com/ministry-of…

The EU has begun establishing a National Erasmus+ Office in Damascus, which is expected to become operational by January 2027, marking a step towards restoring Syria’s participation in the programme. Read more: syria-report.com/explainer-r…

Baladna Syria, fully owned by Qatar’s Baladna, has begun developing a USD 3.3 billion agricultural and food-processing project covering around 2,400 sq km, mainly in Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor. Read more: syria-report.com/khayyat-fam…

Syria recorded a budget deficit of more than USD 1 billion in the first half of 2026, as revenues reached over USD 2.69 billion, against expenditures of USD 3.7 billion, according to Ministry of Finance figures Read more: syria-report.com/syrias-2026…

Subscriptions for residential units at Abyat Hills, a joint Syrian-Saudi real estate development, opened in early August, less than two months after its official launch on June 7. The project sold out within just two days, highlighting strong demand while raising questions over Syria’s emerging housing investment model. Read more: syria-report.com/abyat-hills…