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🏘️ Rural Damascus Considers Compensation for Decades-Old Expropriations The Rural Damascus Governorate is reviewing the case of Al-Sham Suburb (formerly Al-Assad/Harasta Suburb) to compensate landowners for expropriations dating back over 40 years — either through market-value
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The Rural Damascus Governorate is considering reopening the expropriation file of Al-Sham Suburb, formerly known as Harasta Suburb or Al-Assad Suburb, located between the cities of Harasta and...
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📢 From Rubble to Responsibility: Damascus hosted its first-ever Human Rights and Business Conference, bringing together ministries, civil society, UN agencies, and the private sector to discuss how Syria’s reconstruction can align with justice and human rights. Read more ⬇️ 🔗
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On Sunday, Damascus hosted its first-ever Human Rights and Business Conference under the title “From Rubble to Responsibility: Human Rights, Business, and the Future of Syria.” The event, held at the...
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🛠️ With no official reconstruction plan for Damascus’s heavily damaged Jobar district, local residents have drafted their own master plan to reorganise the neighbourhood — pushing authorities to take action after years of neglect. Full story ➡️
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Nearly a year after the fall of the Assad regime, the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus - one of the capital’s most devastated districts during the war - still lacks any clear plan to enable residents...
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🏦 Syria’s Central Bank has instructed private banks to absorb losses tied to the Lebanese financial collapse and submit restructuring plans by March, a move critics argue may be rushed or politically driven. Full story ➡️
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The Central Bank of Syria (CBS) has asked private sector commercial banks to fully cover their losses resulting from exposure to the Lebanese financial system, which collapsed in 2019. Banks also...
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🏘️ In eastern #Aleppo, rising commercial activity in war-damaged districts is pushing up ground-floor prices and rents, drawing investors to convert lower floors into shops — despite safety risks and unstable structures. Full story ➡️
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The eastern districts of Aleppo, still home to hundreds of cracked and collapsed buildings since the war, are witnessing growing commercial activity that has pushed up the prices and rents of ground...
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⚖️ 31 local Syrian NGOs have condemned new rules from the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour requiring pre-approval for foreign funding or partnerships, warning the move further restricts civil society space. Full story ➡️
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Thirty-one Syrian NGOs and associations published a joint position paper on October 22 criticising a recent directive by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour requiring them to obtain pre-appr...
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🏗️ A reconstruction boom in southern #Idlib is driving surging demand for labour and higher construction wages, as more than 23,000 families return to rebuild their homes. Full story ➡️
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On October 25, the Syrian Telecommunications Company signed an agreement with Spain-based company Medusa Submarine Cable System to land the country’s first international submarine cable, opening the...
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🌐 Syria has signed an agreement with Spain-based Medusa Submarine Cable System to land its first international submarine cable, paving the way for high-speed internet access in the country. More details ➡️
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On October 25, the Syrian Telecommunications Company signed an agreement with Spain-based company Medusa Submarine Cable System to land the country’s first international submarine cable, opening the...
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🏘️ Syria’s transitional government is considering reviving the long-stalled Youth Housing programme by allowing private sector investment to address severe funding gaps. Launched in 2002, the scheme left 20,000+ subscribers still waiting for their homes as construction halted
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The transitional government is moving towards reviving the long-halted youth housing programme by opening it to investment by private companies in an attempt to overcome the severe funding crisis...
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⚠️ Recent clashes in the so-called “French Camp” in northwest #Syria have renewed concerns over the fate of foreign fighters still in the country. The brief operation highlights Damascus’s push to regain control and the evolving dynamics of counterterrorism cooperation with
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The military operation launched by the government last week targeting French jihadists in northwestern Syria, which led to two-day clashes, has raised questions regarding the fate of foreign combat...
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📰 New World Bank assessment estimates #Syria’s reconstruction needs at USD 216 billion — nearly 10x the country’s 2024 GDP. Over 13 years of conflict have reduced Syria’s physical capital by one-third. Full story ➡️
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A new assessment published by the World Bank (WB) on October 21 has quantified the material devastation caused by more than a decade of conflict in Syria, estimating the total value of direct...
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🔥 Wildfires in Syria’s Al-Ghab Plain have destroyed thousands of dunums of forests and farmland, forcing residents to flee temporarily. The incidents exposed weak emergency response capacities and a lack of plans for compensation or reforestation. 🔗 Read more:
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Syria has witnessed a wave of wildfires this year, most intense along the Syrian coast in July before later spreading to the Al-Ghab Plain in the western part of the Hama governorate, where a large...
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🏠 The Transitional Government’s Ministry of Justice has resumed the certification of notarial powers of attorney for property ownership transfers, per Circular No. 15160 issued on Sept 24. This reverses a 2024 suspension aimed at preventing regime affiliates from selling their
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The transitional government’s Ministry of Justice issued Circular No. 15160 on September 24, addressed to the heads of judicial departments, public prosecutors, and notary offices in the provinces,...
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📈 Since mid-2025, Syria has seen a rise in socio-economic protests across several regions. Industrialists, students, and property owners have organised sit-ins over worsening economic conditions, marking a shift from the post-Assad period’s limited mobilisations. 🔗 Read more:
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Since mid-2025, Syria has been witnessing an increasing number of protests across various regions. Industrialists, students, and property owners in destroyed neighbourhoods, among others, have...
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🏘️ Residents of Damascus’s Qadam neighbourhood fear losing their properties after the governorate requested ownership documents under Decree No. 66, raising concerns over renewed expropriations. Disputes over lands seized in the 1970s have also resurfaced, with calls to amend
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Residents of the Qadam neighbourhood in Damascus have concerns over property ownership and expropriation cases, after the governorate requested residents to submit ownership documents for properties...
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🏛️ Syria’s General Secretariat for Political Affairs has announced tenders to invest assets seized from the dissolved Baath Party and its affiliates. The move could grant the GSPA new financial autonomy, but raises concerns over property ownership disputes and growing
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The General Secretariat for Political Affairs (GSPA), a hazy institution established by the Syrian authorities weeks after the fall of the Assad regime, has recently announced several tenders putting...
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🏛️ The Transitional Government has begun ending decades-old lease contracts to return properties to their original owners, reversing a policy in place since the 1950s–60s. Key ministries, including Finance and Education, are leading this effort, marking a shift toward restoring
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Several ministries within the Transitional Government, most notably the Ministries of Finance and Education, have begun procedures to return properties they have rented for decades to their original...
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Since December, Syria’s leadership, largely composed of former HTS figures, has been accused of reshaping the economy along the group’s previous governance model. This “Idlibization” process involves: ▪️ Centralised decision-making ▪️ Privatisation of public assets ▪️
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Since assuming power in December last year, the Syrian authorities - whose core leadership and administrative apparatus are largely composed of figures from Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) - have been...
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President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to strengthen bilateral cooperation, marking the first official visit since the Assad regime’s ousting. The Syrian delegation included top diplomatic, defense, and intelligence officials. 🔗 Read
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On October 15, Syria’s President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a bid to enhance cooperation between both countries.
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At the IMF–World Bank Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., Syria showcased its economic reforms and reconstruction strategy in a bid to attract investors. Recent outcomes include: ▪️ Technical missions to Syria ▪️ Reintegration into Buna (Arab Monetary Fund platform) ▪️ OPEC Fund
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At the Annual Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund held in Washington D.C. last week, the Syrian delegation - led by the Governor of the Central Bank of Syria (CBS)...
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