Syria’s Islamist rulers overhaul economy with firings, privatisation of state firms
There is now a major shift to a competitive free-market economy, Syria’s new economy minister said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Syria's new Islamist rulers to roll back state with privatizations, public sector layoffs
Economic shock therapy: plans include privatizations and slashing public sector jobs Reforms designed to avoid chaos of ...
Long War Journal1d
Syria appoints new president amid widespread diplomatic engagement efforts
Ahmed al Sharaa was declared the new president of Syria in the transitional government that came into power after the ...
What We Know About Ahmed al-Shara, Syria’s Interim President
The rebel chief who led the overthrow of the longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad has been declared the head of government for a ...
Middle East Eye1d
They won the war. Can Syria's new leaders rebuild the country?
Officials in Syria's caretaker government were left with a state in ruins. Some fear they aren't moving fast enough to fix it ...
Transcript: The Fed ignores Trump’s calls to cut rates
Claire Jones Exactly. So Trump said after the meeting on the Truth Social platform that the Fed had done very little to fight inflation, that it was something that he would solve and then criticised ...
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Ahmed al-Sharaa named Syria’s president as constitution suspended
Ahmed al-Sharaa has been appointed as Syria’s transitional president after Bashar al-Assad’s removal. The country’s ...
Syria’s de facto leader declares himself president, abolishes constitution
Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president ...
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Turkish intelligence 'neutralizes' senior YPG financial official in Syria
Ankara, Jan 29 (IANS): Turkey's National Intelligence Organisation has "neutralized" a key figure of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northern Syria, the semi-official Anadolu ...
Syrian finance minister discusses finances, sanctions with EU officials in Damascus
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Abazeed met with Germany’s temporary representative in Syria Bjorn Gehrmann on Wednesday, in ...
Syrian finance minister meets German Charge d’affairs in Damascus
Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Abazeed met with Germany’s temporary representative in Syria Bjorn Gehrmann on Wednesday, in the first such meeting of a European Union official since Islamist rebels ...
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Russia, Syria agree to continue consultations on military bases — senior diplomat
DAMASCUS /Syria/, January 29. /TASS/. The question of preserving Russian military bases in Syria requires further consultations, and the sides have agreed to continue them, Russian Deputy Foreign ...