Syrian authorities on Thursday decided to raise the price of fuel, the official news agency SANA said, including petrol by 40 percent. The minister of internal trade and consumer protection issued the order for the price of a liter of petrol to be increased from 160 to 225 Syrian pounds (about...

Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Exporting olive oil to Gulf Countries and Europe led to doubling its price 100% within 3 months. Eqtsad correspondent in Homs reported that the price of one 16-litre-can of olive oil is sold in the north countryside of Homs for SYP (20-25) thousand, while...

Reporting by Omar Sheikh Mohamed; Translation by Rana Abdul (Eqtsad)- Farmers in Daraa province in southern Syria have started to harvest their crops early this year, as they have for most of the years of the Syrian revolution. They harvest them early for fear of fires consuming them whether...

Reporting by Abdul Salam Bakri; Translation by Rana Abdul (Zaman al-Wasl)- In a surprising manner, Syria's oil ministry withdrew the drilling and excavating machinery from al-Mashaheer neighborhood in Latakia city few days go. Conflicting reports say it was by Russian orders or it is due a...