News Syria Business: Why Syria is signaling refugees they're not all welcome home
Jordanians, who have been flocking to Damascus in the thousands to explore business opportunities and import goods since the reopening of the Jordan-Syria border in October 2018, have increasingly ...
News Syria Business: Turkey Readies for Action as U.S. Talks on Syria Safe Zone Struggle
Deep differences between Turkey and the United States over the scope and command of a planned "safe zone" in northeast Syria raise the prospect of Turkish military action unless the two countries break months of deadlock in talks this week.
News Syria Business: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea
The impact of U.S. trade restrictions is trickling down to the developer community. GitHub, the world’s largest host of source code, is preventing users in Iran, Syria, Crimea and potentially other sanctioned nations from accessing portions of the service, chief executive of the Microsoft-owned firm said. Over the weekend, GitHub CEO Nat Friedman wrote on […]
News Syria Business: Russia Accuses U.S. of Stealing Syria's Oil, Using Money to Fund Militant Groups
A senior Russian military official claimed that the U.S. was using insurgents to sabotage Syrian government oil and gas facilities while looting such natural resources from areas under the control of
News Syria Business: Air strikes kill 11 in Syria's Idlib -Observatory
Air strikes killed at least 11 people in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, and the Syrian state news agency said the army had repelled an attack by militants in the area.
News Syria Business: 'Killing Iranians for two years' in Syria: Israeli minister
"We strike the Iranians hundreds of times in Syria. Sometimes we acknowledge it and sometimes ... but because they understand that Israel means business". Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
News Syria Business: Turkish foreign minister discusses defense, Syria with Pompeo
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has discussed by telephone with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo the Russian S-400 missile defense system and the U.S. F-35 fighter jet program, a foreign ministry source said on Saturday.
News Syria Business: Can Russia, the US find new basis for cooperation in Syria?
The latter include: These ambitions imply efforts to create partnerships with prominent Syrian private entrepreneurs from the newly emerged elite business group in such spheres as mineral resources, ...
News Syria Business: Syria Likely to Turn to Russia for Fuel
The impounding last week off the coast of Gibraltar by British marines of an Iranian tanker loaded with oil destined for war-wracked Syria may force Damascus to turn to Russia to help alleviate its acute fuel shortages, say analysts and diplomats. That in turn, they say, will make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad even more dependent on Moscow and less able to withstand Russian demands.
News Syria Business: Syrian rebels say Moscow deploys ground forces in Idlib campaign
Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality ... Russia has sent special forces in recent days to fight alongside Syrian army troops struggling to make gains in ...
News Syria Business: 'Brute, Naked Fear.' How Bashar Assad Is Using His Family's Old Tactics to Regain His Grip on Syria
Whether it’s Saudi Crown Prince Mohamad bin Salman (MBS), Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi, or Libya’s Khalifa Haftar, the notion of “a man we can do business with” seems to persist. Have any ...
News Syria Business: IAF destroys Syrian missile launcher after missile fired at Israeli plane
Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality ... us grow and continue telling Israel’s story to the world. The IAF destroyed a Syrian launcher that fired an ...
News Syria Business: Kazakhstan Leads the West on Repatriating Citizens From Syria
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan, May 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The United Nations has welcomed Kazakhstan's pro-active approach in repatriating its citizens from the conflict zone in Syria and Iraq ...
News Syria Business: From Syria to San Antonio: How her immigrant roots helped one CEO flourish
Together, the San Antonio transplants from Syria and Egypt grew the company from a single-product ... Then, in 2009, Ibrahim Helmy died of cancer, and Mona Helmy was left to run the business alone. ...
News Syria Business: Why Syria feels it can use chemical weapons with impunity
Nevertheless, traditional business models are no longer sustainable and high-quality ... Damascus has deployed non-conventional arms repeatedly. Obama in 2012 set Syria's use of chemical weapons in ...