Asia Syria The draft general budget for 2025 presented this week, 28% higher than 2024, allocates 70% of resources for current spending and 30% for investment, but raises concerns regarding the budget’s failure to adequately address poverty and food insecurity
Asia Syria The European Union announced immediate emergency funding of €500.000 to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR to assist refugees crossing the border from Lebanon into Syria
Asia Syria Over 50.000 Lebanese and Syrians have fled from Lebanon towards Syria following the escalation of the Lebanese-Israeli conflict
Asia Syria Education in north-west Syria is suffering from both personnel and infrastructure problems; public schools experience persistent crises with lack of necessary supplies, shortages of fuel and school books, and low teacher salaries
Asia Syria The EXPO Syria 2024 is considered the largest Syrian export exhibition and provides a window for the export of Syrian products to foreign markets, thus helping to improve the production capacities of national industrial facilities