It’s no secret that Lebanon and Syria are intertwined politically, economically, and socially in ways that have become all the more evident since the war started raging in Syria more than two years ago. A new study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, or...

AS THE 2011 Syrian uprising escalated, investors held their breath. Now, with the likelihood of a protracted conflict increasing, Syrian businesses are flocking to Jordan.  In 2012 the Jordan Investment Board (JIB) registered 114m dinars ($161m) of Syrian investment in the Kingdom, up...

Eighteen Turkish soldiers were injured after a group of smugglers, who were attempting to illegally import diesel from war-torn Syria into Turkey through a village in the border district of Reyhanlı set diesel drums on fire to prevent being captured by Turkish security officials in the early...

Syrian traders who price goods in foreign currency will face up to 10 years in jail, the regime news Agency (SANA) published on Sunday in a move aimed at stemming the increasing dollarization of an  economy  crippled by two years of cracking down the Syrian revolution. A decree...