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Syria Monthly Economic Digest - September 2026
Fuel prices, fiscal restraint, unpaid harvests, and the cost of rebuilding.
Oct 6
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Benjamin Feve
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Kallas Visit Caps EU’s Return to Damascus as Brussels Ties Investment to Institutional Reform
Brussels wants deeper partnership, Damascus a negotiated framework; but EU development funding has held flat, and the terms remain set in Brussels.
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
Cement Demand Returns to Pre-War Levels as Syria Turns to Imported Clinker to Fill the Gap
Rising consumption, costly kilns: Why Syria’s reconstruction is being built with imported cement
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
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Water Deficit Deepens in the South as the Euphrates Runs High
Syria uses two billion cubic meters more water a year than nature replaces, and the burden falls hardest on those off the network
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
Cotton Harvest Opens Amid Price Confusion as Fuel Costs Squeeze Growers
The harvest is underway, but growers say the state’s price doesn’t cover their costs, and some say no price has been set at all.
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
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Unpaid Wheat Dues Shadow the New Planting Season as the State Sells Its Surplus
Delayed payments have cut into the price farmers fought for in May and are now shaping how they prepare for next season.
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
Syria’s Banks Start Financing the State as Foreign Capital Buys In
A USD 25 million loan split three ways, a Qatari stake in Shahba Bank and talk of a banking association all point to the sector's real constraint…
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
Fiscal Squeeze Forces Syrian Presidency to Intervene and Puts Damascus into Austerity
Cutting spending instead of borrowing, Syria tries to hold its 2026 deficit at USD 1.8 billion as the 2027 budget heads to parliament
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
Fuel Price Hike Triggers Nationwide Protests as Damascus Turns Back to Local Refineries
Weeks after reclaiming the northeast's oil fields, Damascus raised fuel prices by up to 40%, and households, farmers and industry are paying for it.
Oct 5
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Benjamin Feve
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September 2026
Inside Syria’s First Energy Hearing: Part 1 – The Committee’s Questions and the Minister’s Answers
On September 20, 2026, Syria’s People’s Assembly held a hearing with Energy Minister Mohammad al-Bashir after the fuel price increase and the protests…
Sep 28
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Benjamin Feve
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Rahaf Aldoughli on Masculinity, Sectism, and the Political Culture That Outlived Assad
On state-manufactured manhood, the fighters who feel unrecognized, and what has changed for women who speak out
Sep 14
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Benjamin Feve
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Syria Monthly Economic Digest - August 2026
Currency transition, wheat payments, oil consolidation, and the northeast's uneven integration.
Sep 7
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Benjamin Feve
7
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