Updated on July 05: A new Government was formed in Syria on Sunday, the first in two years.

Syria's annual inflation rate per consumption category.

Syria’s official annual inflation rate reached 48.1 percent, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

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UN Deputy Special Envoy, Ramzy E. Ramzy

Syria’s opposition-affiliated investment fund has announced that it had received new financial support and that it was launching new projects in various parts of the country.

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A Syrian legal committee is seeking reparations of more than USD 5 billion from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his alleged responsibility in the looting of hundreds of Syrian factories.

The Syrian Coalition has appointed a new Prime Minister to head its Interim Government in replacement of Ahmad Tohme.

The provinces of Lattakia and Tartous attracted most real estate transactions in Syria last year, according to official data, while Hassakeh witnessed a fourfold increase in the space of five years.

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The Syrian opposition investment fund has announced a new allocation of money to help food supply sustainability in the northern opposition-controlled areas.

This table provides data on Syria's resident population at the end of 2010 distributed across the 14 governorates.

The list of the 250 members of Parliament following the elections organized on April 13, 2016.

Japan has provided a new financial grant to the main opposition-managed fund dedicated to finance projects in rebel areas.

The announcement of a Russian withdrawal from Syria has caused panic in the Syrian foreign exchange market leading to a significant drop in the value of the Syrian pound.

A Russian company has announced that it won a contract for the construction of several flourmills in the province of Homs.

Two tables detailing the number and value of projects licensed by the Syrian Investment Agency as well as their geographic distribution between 2008 and 2015.

Seats allocated to each electoral district in the Parliamentary elections to be held on April 13, 2016.

The Syrian President has issued a decree calling on parliamentary elections to be held on April 13.

A weekly selection of reports, papers and articles on Syria.

Following our report last week on the spread of H1N1 in Syria, more information is available.

Syria’s inflation rate stood at 38.8 percent in July on an annual basis.

Six municipalities in the opposition-held parts of the Daraa Governorate will see a resumption of waste management services through a new EUR 3.17 million project.

Two hospitals in the opposition-held parts of Syria are getting new financial support.

Kurdish-led areas in northern Syria are continuing to issue new laws, to license businesses and to take other measures that are strengthening their drive to gain more autonomy from the rest of the country.

The Syria Recovery Trust Fund is receiving another USD 15 million to fund development projects within opposition-held territories in Syria.

Airstrikes in northern Syria, allegedly from Russian airplanes, have destroyed the factories of two of Syria’s most prominent industrial concerns.

Syria’s olive oil production during the 2014/2015 declined 35 percent on an annual basis according to recent data.

The opposition-held segment of Aleppo is benefitting from new funds for the collection and treatment of its solid waste.

The trust fund in charge of funding development and humanitarian projects in opposition-held parts of the country announced in August financial agreements worth more than EUR 4 million for new projects.

The Syrian Investment Agency, a body licensing and regulating mostly large investments in the manufacturing, agriculture and transport sectors, gave the go ahead to 33 projects in the first half of 2015.

Weeks after the city fell in the hands of rebel groups, Idlib is reportedly witnessing the systematic looting of public and private properties.

Syria’s crop of pistachio, of which it is one of the leading producers in the world, is estimated to have fallen significantly last year.

Al-Baraka Bank Syria, an Islamic lender, opened on May 28 a branch in Tartous, the bank’s second in less than six months in the coastal area.

The dollar accelerated last week its gains against the Syrian pound, crossed the 300 pounds level, and is now traded at its highest level on record.

The Syrian pound has continued its gradual decline last week, a trend that was reinforced by the fall of Idlib outside regime control.

Idlib, the capital of one of Syria’s fourteen provinces, fell on Saturday outside the control of the regime and in the hands of a coalition grouping opposition forces and the Nusra Front.

Syria expects its production and export of olives and olive oil, a major crop in the country, to increase again this year.

A Russian company is starting works on a 600-ton flourmill near the town of TalKalakh.

The few large private sector investments still being established in Syria remain concentrated in the coastal area and around Damascus, data from a licensing body shows.

The Syrian President has issued a decree nominating five new Governors in Lattakia, Tartous, Aleppo, Idlib and Quneitra.

Occupancy rates in hotels in the coastal area were high during the summer season and in September according to the Chairman of Syria’s Federation of Chambers of Tourism.

Syria’s olive oil production is expected to drop by almost half this year because of the poor climatic and security conditions.

The Syrian Investment Agency licensed 40 projects in the first eight months of the year, most of them located around Damascus and in the coastal area.

Following months during which its value remained relatively stable compared to the dollar, the Syrian Pound has lost again some ground.

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Idlib has elected a new bureau.

The text of U.N. Security Council resolution 2170 (2014) adopted on August 15, 2014, calling on all States to act to suppress the flow of foreign fighters, financing and other support to Islamist extremist groups in Iraq and Syria, and putting six persons affiliated to those groups on its terrorist sanctions list.

Syria’s olive production, a major bread earner in various parts of the country, will be declining this year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

The executive arm of the Syrian opposition is continuing to take various steps to strengthen its credentials in opposition areas and among refugee communities.