The Syrian lira hit a record low on Sunday after the price of one US dollar increased by 50 lira costing over 5,000 lira, Arabi21 reported. The site quoted Syrian economist Samir Al-Taweel saying he expected the Syrian currency to continue its losses, citing a number of reasons including the...

A local relief team stated that the price of a standard food basket sufficient to feed a family of five for one month, rose to about $88 (1,620 Turkish liras), an increase of 220 liras from last July. The "Syria Response Coordinator Team" confirmed in a statement that this consumes 48% of a...

A U.S.-led coalition drone strike in northeastern Syria on Monday killed an Islamic State group militant, a Syrian security official said. Speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, the official told The Associated Press that the strike targeted the IS member driving a...

The pro-regime newspaper Al-Watan revealed that the monthly real estate rents for residential homes and shops in the central city of Homs doubled this year for the same properties by more than 100 percent compared to last year. The newspaper indicated that the average rent for a house in...