An opposition development fund financed by western countries has announced that it was supporting, for the first time, projects in northeast Syria.
Reports on an oil deal between the regime and the PYD have highlighted the continuing prominence of a new Syrian business figure.
In Raqqa, Deir-ez-Zor and other areas under SDF control, local councils continue to announce on a regular basis the rehabilitation of infrastructure and various new development projects.
The Raqqa Civil Council has announced a set of new projects to improve living conditions and economic activity in the northeast.
The Raqqa Civil Council has announced several new economic initiatives as it strives to restore normal life in the city.
Recent statements by American officials but also reports from Raqqa suggest that the United States is considering getting involved in some form of reconstruction in Syria’s northeastern region.
The Free Syria Chamber of Commerce and Industry, an opposition business lobbying group, has elected its new board of directors.
On Sunday 22 October, the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces captured the large Omar Field east of Deir-ez-Zor, effectively leaving the Syrian regime without direct control on any of the country’s largest oil fields.
The takeover of a large gas field near Deir-ez-Zor by Kurdish-affiliated Syrian opposition groups last week draws many economic and political implications for a range of local, regional and international actors including the Syrian regime, Iran, the U.S. but also Russian private contractors.
All dams on the Euphrates River are now under the control of the Kurds, a fact that has important economic and political implications.
The general assembly of the Raqqa Chamber of Commerce and Industry held last week its first meeting in four years, a move that has a political dimension as much as a business one.
Imperial Tobacco and JTI, two of the largest global tobacco firms, have acknowledged that their operations had been impacted by the unrest in Syria and the sanctions imposed by the EU and US on Syrian individuals and companies.
