(Eqtsad)- The liberated areas in the north of Syria is witnessing a relative calm after the “de-escalation of tension” agreement which resulted in Idlib city’s streets and markets and its countryside witnesses relatively active commercial movement. This situation was reflected in the...

(Eqtsad)- At the end of 2006, while preparing for the launch of al-Donia television, many employees insisted on knowing who the channel financiers were before beginning work with the channel for fear the channel was funded by a party hostile to the regime. The television channel administration...

(Eqtsad)- An observer monitoring the oil production data announced by the Syrian regime officials, would directly notice the significant decline in the production of these data over the past year. The decline comes in contradiction to the statements of government officials about the...

Reporting by Mohamed Hussein (Eqtsad)- Harvesting of the wheat crop was nearing completion in the Hasaka province more than a week after its launch, while the recurrence of fire incidents worried farmers whose fields were still waiting for the harvesters to enter. Mr. Ibrahim, a farmer from...

(Eqtsad)- Siege and drought of groundwater wells and the lack of rain affected the winter grain crop in the northern besieged Homs countryside. Some agricultural engineers have expected a drop in grain to about a quarter of last year's level and 10 percent higher than in 2011. Agricultural...

Reporting by Shams el-Din Matoun (Eqtsad)- Many of the rich people of the city of Idlib managed to preserve their capital and trade under the conditions prevailing in the province. Their biggest concern remained is how to save money especially since the banks stopped working like other vital...

Reporting by Mohamed Kassah (Eqtsad)- Agricultural seasons in both summer and winter provide temporary, but often abundant, employment opportunities for Syrians. Idlib province, which is known as the green province in Syria due to the availability of vast agricultural areas has...

( The Guardian )- It could be any other startup bootcamp. Thirteen teams nervously chatter among themselves, waiting for Dania Ismail, director of Jusoor, to open proceedings. But these entrepreneurs are from Syria and many will have gone to great lengths to travel to Lebanon to take part. “We...

By Ahmed Khalil (Eqtsad)- The cost of living has significantly increased in Syria reaching levels exceeded the ability of current salaries and income to cover. Salaries of employees in Syria range between SP25,000 and SP42,000 according to the grade (from grade 5 to grade 1 respectively) and...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Mahmoud Afara, an activist focused on refugee affairs, reported to Zaman al-Wasl news from one of the Syrians stranded at the Algerian-Moroccan border that the refugees “are not migrants, but have families in Morocco and their destination was Morocco, not Europe.” ...

(Eqtsad)- The city of Menbij is witnessing an economic recovery and rebuilding activities, in addition to activating the commercial activities in the city, because it is a connection point linking Eastern and Northern parts of the country, amid accusations of monopolising by many traders in...

(Eqtsad)- Arms prices in opposition-controlled areas in northern Syria have fallen to less than half because of the cessation of fighting on various fronts, and the entry of several faction leaders into the trade line. Mahmoud Abu Mohammed (arms dealer) spoke to Eqtsad about the issue and he...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to meet in Moscow was still in force. Lavrov said at a conference in Abu Dhabi that Russia was grateful that the two sides had in...

A deal struck in October for Syria to buy one million tons of wheat from its ally Russia to prevent bread shortages in government-held areas has not been fulfilled and may never be, Syrian and Russian government sources said. A Syrian government official with knowledge of the deal said a...

(Eqtsad)- Syria has exported more than 20,000 tons of olive oil in 2016 mostly at Gulf countries followed by Europe, even to Spain, Italy and Greece, the internationally well know producers of olive oil. Abo Hashim, an olive oil exporter, mentioned that last year has the highest amount of...

Donald Trump will not wait for Congress to confirm his Cabinet positions to act on his vows to withdraw from the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a spokesman for the president-elect said on Thursday. Trump,...

(Eqtsad)- Islamic State forces announced an auction to rent the Shaer gas field in the eastern countryside of Homs, activists said as the radical group fears the U.S.-led Coalition air strikes and seeks a rapid cash. Activist Judet al-Jiran said ISIS has resembled what is popularly known as...

World stocks edged down from recent highs and the dollar steadied ahead of a news conference by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in which he is expected to give more details about his plans for the U.S. economy. While Trump's election campaign calls for tax cuts and more infrastructure...

President Hassan Rouhani sought to reassure Iranians on Sunday that the government would work to protect market stability after the country's currency fell to a record low last week. "I am optimistic about the country's economic situation and ... I want to reassure our people that foreign...

(Eqtsad)- Damascus' In areas in the besieged south of Damascus, winter has another rhythm. Bashar al-Assad forces continue their blockade on the area and continue to ban entrance of fuel in conjunction with shortage of woods in the area due to consuming it in the past years and increase...