16-11-2021
Cham Wings Airlines, the only private airline in Syria and the only one in the country that flies to Minsk, has been accused of facilitating the trafficking of Syrian, Iraqi, and Yemeni migrants to Belarus.
16-11-2021
The European Union Council recently imposed sanctions on four recently-appointed Syrian ministers. Meanwhile, the EU General Court rejected a prominent Syrian businessman’s appeal to be removed from the sanctions list.
26-10-2021
The Israeli government has moved forward with a new settlement policy that plans to double, and eventually quadruple, the Israeli settler population in the Golan Heights. In opposition to the plan, hundreds of Syrians, most of whom are from the Druze community, in the village of Masada protested against Israel’s policy to increase settlements, while a number of Israeli media outlets have questioned the government’s policy.
26-10-2021
In 2019 and 2020, the Syrian government diverted tens of millions of dollars worth of UN aid donations, according to joint-research carried out by three research centres.
19-10-2021
In 2020, bilateral trade between Syria and the European Union fell to EUR 393 million, its lowest point in decades.
06-10-2021
On September 30, 2021, the British government delisted prominent Syrian businessman Nizar Al-Assaad, Former Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Minister Ahmad Al-Qadri, Former Minister of Defence Ali Habib Mahmoud, Former Minister of Industry Mohammad Maen Zein Al-Abidin Jazba, and Deputy Director-General of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) Salam Tohme from its sanctions list.
